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Procedure price report · Insertion, replacement, or removal of extracranial ventricular shunt

Removal of a brain fluid shunt without replacement

CPT 62256the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of an entire cerebrospinal fluid shunt system, with no new shunt put in.

Hospitals typically charge $1,649 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 243 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,754. Most fall between $963 and $3,395 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
243
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 243 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$777$1,010$1,649$2,716$5,185

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($777 vs $5,185).

How the prices are spread

$543 – $702: 11 hospitals$543$702 – $907: 18 hospitals$907 – $1,172: 39 hospitals$907$1,172 – $1,515: 37 hospitals$1,515 – $1,958: 32 hospitals$1,515$1,958 – $2,531: 19 hospitals$2,531 – $3,272: 26 hospitals$2,531$3,272 – $4,229: 9 hospitals$4,229 – $5,467: 21 hospitals$4,229$5,467 – $7,066: 7 hospitals$5,467median $1,649price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (219 of 243 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$543$70211
$702$90718
$907$1,17239
$1,172$1,51537
$1,515$1,95832
$1,958$2,53119
$2,531$3,27226
$3,272$4,2299
$4,229$5,46721
$5,467$7,0667

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,649.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,185 across 14 hospitalsMN$5,185Illinois: median $1,005 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,005Wisconsin: median $2,716 across 24 hospitalsWI$2,716Michigan: median $1,332 across 26 hospitalsMI$1,332New York: median $1,140 across 13 hospitalsNY$1,140Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,147 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,147Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,423 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,423Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,919 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,919Pennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,627 across 19 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,010 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,010Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $2,678 across 15 hospitalsFL$2,678
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,649. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN14$5,185+214%$1,426 – $5,185
New Jersey NJ19$4,627+181%$897 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI24$2,716+65%$2,447 – $5,050
Florida FL15$2,678+62%$1,919 – $9,160
Ohio OH10$1,919+16%$1,063 – $1,919
Iowa IA15$1,423−14%$1,423 – $1,423
Michigan MI26$1,332−19%$963 – $1,818
Oregon OR10$1,147−30%$1,147 – $1,983
New York NY13$1,140−31%$777 – $1,925
Oklahoma OK10$1,010−39%$1,010 – $1,010
Illinois IL11$1,005−39%$469 – $3,488
California CA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,649.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care190$1,470$963 – $3,395
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access42$2,447$1,140 – $4,419
Ownership
For-profit18fewer than 20 hospitals
Government29$1,649$1,153 – $9,160
Non-profit195$1,591$963 – $2,716
System affiliation
Part of a system204$1,676$974 – $3,395
Independent39$1,495$936 – $3,488

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,212
Median cash price$1,649
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

148 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,423 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,529; most fall between $860 and $2,678.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 148 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$638$977$1,423$2,216$2,716

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($638 vs $2,716).

Of the 180 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 148 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

243 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 292 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted243
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code292

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion, replacement, or removal of extracranial ventricular shunt family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Compl CSF Shunt System W/O Rplcmt Shunt.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a brain fluid shunt without replacement (CPT 62256) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-62256-removal-of-a-brain-fluid-shunt-without-replacement