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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Florida 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?

$1,178

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $81.28 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$81.28$75.86 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$661 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,166Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $72 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $81

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
$524.81
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
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
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.30

Where Florida 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

Florida· 38th of 51

$1,178

$81.28 physician + $1,096 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.