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Thomas Shunt Placement

Nevada 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$575$537 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,455 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,762Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $575

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
$549.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 34th of 51

$851

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.