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Thomas Shunt Placement

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$724$589 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,266 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $9,550Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $724

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
$724.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th 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.