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Reprogramming Of A Programmable Brain Fluid Shunt

Tennessee 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$89.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$316 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,738Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $74 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
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
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.72

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 7th of 51

$191

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.