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Vein-To-Vein Shunt In The Abdomen

Alabama rates for HCPCS 37160

Surgery that joins two large veins in the abdomen so blood from the digestive organs can bypass a diseased liver and return to the heart by a shorter route. Relieving the back-pressure lowers the risk of bleeding from swollen veins in the stomach and food pipe and can reduce fluid build-up in the belly. It is major open surgery, used when medication and endoscopic treatment have not controlled the problem.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vein-To-Vein Shunt In The Abdomen cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 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 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$3,981$2,455 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $22,909Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $3,981

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Alabama· 12th of 51

$3,981

CA $8,913VT $1,622

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.