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Implanting A Programmable Spinal Drug Pump

South Carolina 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?

$17,043

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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$447$355 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$871 to $39,811

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $676 to $74,131Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $288 to $631
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$77,624.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
11 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
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 12th of 51

$17,043

$447 physician + $16,596 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.