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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Kansas 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?

$1,189

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,189 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$135 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$603 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,890Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $112 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $166

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
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
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 35th of 51

$1,189

$166 physician + $1,023 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.