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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 62252

This is a noninvasive office procedure that adjusts the settings of an implanted shunt used to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain, most often in people with hydrocephalus. Using a special magnetic device held against the scalp, the clinician changes the valve's drainage setting without any incision. It is done to fine-tune how much fluid drains as a patient's needs change.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $282 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$97.72 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$69.18 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $41 to $468Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $76 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$138

AK $331AL $56.23

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.