APR-DRG 022-1

Brain fluid drainage tube placement (ventricular shunt) surgery at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 17, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

APR-DRG 38.00: Ventricular Shunt Procedures

Glendale, AZ

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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center’s median price of $7.3k is 34% below the median hospital's median price ($11.1k), higher than 28% of the 862 hospitals reporting APR-DRG 022-1. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Last updated: Mar 2, 2026

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