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Thomas Shunt Placement

Arizona rates for HCPCS 36835

Surgery to place a Thomas shunt, an implanted device. The listed price applies when this is performed as its own standalone procedure rather than as an integral part of a larger operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$525 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,090 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,943Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $550

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in California 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.

Arizona· 8th of 51

$1,862

CA $7,586WV $537

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.