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Spinal Fluid Shunt Placement In The Lower Back

Florida rates for HCPCS 63740

This surgery places a small tube in the lower spine to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, redirecting it to another part of the body where it can be absorbed. It involves removing a small piece of the spinal bone to access the space around the spinal cord. It is used to relieve pressure caused by a buildup of this fluid.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Fluid Shunt Placement In The Lower Back cost?

$9,936

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$891 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$3,236 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,549
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Maine 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

Florida· 6th of 50

$9,936

$1,023 physician + $8,913 facility

ME $13,478MD $1,515

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.