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Percutaneous Placement Of A Spinal Fluid Shunt

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 63741

This procedure places a shunt, a tube that drains excess fluid from around the spinal cord to another part of the body such as the abdominal cavity, to relieve pressure caused by a buildup of spinal fluid. It is placed through the skin using needles and catheters, without open spinal surgery. It is typically used for conditions involving excess pressure or fluid around the brain and spinal cord.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Percutaneous Placement Of A Spinal Fluid Shunt cost?

$3,462

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$676 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,202 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,120Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $832

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
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 13.7 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

Louisiana· 35th of 50

$3,462

$832 physician + $2,630 facility

ME $18,615WV $1,355

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.