APR-DRG 022-3

Brain fluid drainage tube placement (ventricular shunt) surgery at Texas Children's Hospital

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 40.00: VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES

Houston, TX

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Texas Children's Hospital’s median price of $37.3k is 93% above the median hospital's median price ($19.4k), higher than 90% of the 863 hospitals reporting APR-DRG 022-3. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Last updated: Mar 5, 2026

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