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Thomas Shunt Placement

Kansas 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$617$589 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,818 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,471Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $617

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 39th of 51

$813

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.