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Thomas Shunt Placement

Pennsylvania 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$490 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,349 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,457Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $457 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $575

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
$812.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
10 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
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 37th of 51

$741

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.