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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 October 2026.

How much does Thomas Shunt Placement cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$468 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,512 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,772Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 31st of 51

$813

AK $2,630TX $490

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.