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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$107$89.13 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$126 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $87 to $3,162Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $85 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $107

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,148.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$281.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$186.21
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
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 25th 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.