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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Colorado 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?

$4,506

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,506 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$123 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $107 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $141

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,506

$141 physician + $4,365 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.