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Thomas Shunt Placement

Florida 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 October 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$372 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,778 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,482Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $72 to $794
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Florida· 9th of 51

$1,413

AK $2,630TX $490

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.