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Thomas Shunt Placement

Oregon 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 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$1,000$759 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$912 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $661 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,549
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $933professional $1,000

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
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 29th of 51

$955

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.