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Filtering White Blood Cells Out Of The Blood

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 36511

Blood is drawn from a vein and passed through a machine that separates out the white blood cells and keeps them, returning the rest of the blood to the patient through another vein. It is used when the number of white cells in the circulation is dangerously high, or when those cells are being collected for treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Filtering White Blood Cells Out Of The Blood cost?

$1,211

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$115$102 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$832 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,623Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $89 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$1,211

$115 physician + $1,096 facility

CO $4,510MT $328

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.