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Thomas Shunt Placement

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$603 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$708 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,495Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,762
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$954.99

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$933

AK $2,630TX $490

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.