go back

Thomas Shunt Placement

North Carolina 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$617$468 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$776 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,471Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $617

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
$467.74
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$33,884.42
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$676

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.