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Vein-To-Vein Shunt In The Abdomen

North Carolina 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 6 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$2,512$2,188 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,188 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,512

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$2,512

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.