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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Arizona 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?

$1,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$89.13 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$631 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,677Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $85 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $107

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 37th of 51

$1,179

$107 physician + $1,072 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.