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Blood Plasma Treatment To Alter Cholesterol Particles

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0342T

Blood is drawn through a line, a machine separates the plasma from the blood cells, and the cholesterol-carrying particles in that plasma are chemically altered outside the body. The treated plasma is then returned to the patient during the same session. Blood leaves and returns through a continuous circuit, as in other therapeutic plasma treatments.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Plasma Treatment To Alter Cholesterol Particles cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 5 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$389$316 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$389 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $389 to $13,490Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,698
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,660professional $389

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
$389.05
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in California than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $479 · 40th of 51
CA $3,981MN $178

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.