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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Louisiana 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$100 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$63.10 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $55 to $832Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $79 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $117

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
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
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
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$120

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.