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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Indiana 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?

$1,946

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$126$107 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,762Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $89 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $126

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
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
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
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 16th of 51

$1,946

$126 physician + $1,820 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.