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Thomas Shunt Placement

Idaho 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 8 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$776$617 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,236 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,333Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $776

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 38th of 51

$832

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.