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Blood Plasma Treatment To Alter Cholesterol Particles

South Dakota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$240$234 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$389 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,467Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,349
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $468professional $240

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota $240 · 50th 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.