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.
Original text from hospital filings
PR REMOVAL,COMPLETE CSF SHUNT,W/O REPLACE
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.1k is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($2.7k), higher than 29% of the 1,339 hospitals reporting CPT 62256. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $534 | $534 | — | — | — | $534 – $534 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $545 | $545 | — | — | — | $545 – $545 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $545 | $545 | — | — | — | $545 – $545 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $561 | $561 | — | — | — | $561 – $561 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $561 | $561 | — | — | — | $561 – $561 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $787 | $787 | — | — | — | $787 – $787 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $787 | $787 | — | — | — | $787 – $787 |
| 8 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 9 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 10 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 11 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 12 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 13 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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