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Portal Vein To Vena Cava Shunt

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 37140

Surgery that joins the large vein draining the digestive organs directly to the main vein returning blood to the heart, so blood bypasses a scarred liver. Relieving the back-pressure lowers the risk of heavy bleeding from swollen veins in the stomach and food pipe. It is major open abdominal surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Portal Vein To Vena Cava Shunt cost?

$6,130

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$2,570 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,512 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,623Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,818

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Massachusetts· 38th of 50

$6,130

$2,818 physician + $3,311 facility

IN $17,706MD $3,291

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.