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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 July 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$525$437 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$3,311 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,882Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $525

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 16th of 51

$1,230

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.