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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 36512

A treatment in which blood is drawn, red blood cells are separated out and removed, and the remainder is returned to the body. This process, called apheresis, is used here as a therapy rather than for donation or testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells cost?

$1,257

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$107 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$794 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,905Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $102 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
5 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
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 14.5 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

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$1,257

$135 physician + $1,122 facility

CO $4,506MT $310

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.