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Thomas Shunt Placement

Texas 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 9 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$562$525 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,905 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $794 to $13,490Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $562

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 21st of 51

$1,096

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.