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Thomas Shunt Placement

Minnesota 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 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 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$1,096$871 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,413 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $1,096

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$1,148

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.