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Thomas Shunt Placement

Kentucky 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 6 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$537$468 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,754 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,550Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $537

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
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 14th of 51

$1,349

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.