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Thomas Shunt Placement

Virginia 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$617$537 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,000 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $550 to $11,220Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $617

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
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$741

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.