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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 July 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$589$525 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,549 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,413Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $589

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$1,479

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.