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Thomas Shunt Placement

Nebraska 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$871$447 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$7,079 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $14,454Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $871

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
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 22nd of 51

$1,072

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.