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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Idaho 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?

$1,380

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$155 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$832 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,981Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $178

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
12 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
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 28th of 51

$1,380

$178 physician + $1,202 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.