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Removal of a Brain Fluid Shunt

Iowa rates for HCPCS 62256

Takes out an entire spinal fluid shunt — the valve and all of its tubing — without putting a new one in. It is done when the shunt is infected, blocked, or no longer needed. Small incisions are made along the path of the tubing so it can be withdrawn.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Brain Fluid Shunt cost?

$2,940

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$851 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$851 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $1,318

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
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$2,940

$1,318 physician + $1,622 facility

AL $8,960MD $1,308

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.