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Thomas Shunt Placement

Missouri 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$537 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,349 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $631 to $9,550Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $631

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$794

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.