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Thomas Shunt Placement

Montana 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 5 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$832$661 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$813 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,000Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $832

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 36th of 51

$832

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.