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Implanting A Programmable Spinal Drug Pump

Rhode Island 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?

$6,799

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,799 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$479 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,399 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $35,481Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,310professional $490

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
3 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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$6,799

$490 physician + $6,310 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.