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Thomas Shunt Placement

West 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$537$501 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$501 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,344Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $501 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $537

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$537

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.