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Thomas Shunt Placement

Connecticut 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$813$562 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$5,888 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $11,749Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $813

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 20th of 51

$1,122

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.