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Vein-To-Vein Shunt In The Abdomen

South 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$2,754$2,188 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,020 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,365
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $2,754

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
$3,019.95
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$3,020

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.