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Thomas Shunt Placement

Oklahoma 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 4 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$589$513 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,413 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,413Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $589

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 11th of 51

$1,585

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.