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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Missouri 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$93.33 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$174 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,012Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $83 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $115

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
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
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$123

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.