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Implanting A Programmable Spinal Drug Pump

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 62362

Puts in, or replaces, a small pump that delivers medicine directly into the fluid around the spinal cord. The pump sits under the skin of the abdomen and connects to a fine tube running into the spine, and its settings can be changed from outside the body to adjust the dose. It is used for severe long-standing pain or for muscle spasticity that tablets cannot control.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Programmable Spinal Drug Pump cost?

$16,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,218 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$427 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,218$7,413 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $21,878Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $389 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $16,218professional $525

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
$467.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
6 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
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 29.4 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 13th of 51

$16,743

$525 physician + $16,218 facility

AK $37,066MT $1,262

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.