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Thomas Shunt Placement

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$550$490 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$6,026 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $12,303Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $550

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,848.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 37th 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.