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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 July 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$676$575 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,512 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,607Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $676

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$955

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.