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Thomas Shunt Placement

Colorado 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 7 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$550 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,786 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $14,125Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$5,495

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.