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Thomas Shunt Placement

Louisiana 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$661$550 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,622 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,918Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $661

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
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 5th of 51

$2,138

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.