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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Georgia 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?

$1,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$148$123 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$646 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,571Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $93 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $148

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
$123.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$616.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
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
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 41st of 51

$1,081

$148 physician + $933 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.