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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Kansas 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$97.72$54.95 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$67.61 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,288Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $45 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $219professional $98

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
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
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
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
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.80

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 39th of 51

$100

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.