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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Kentucky 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?

$1,843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$105$95.50 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$708 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $141 to $8,128Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $79 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $105

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
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
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
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 19th of 51

$1,843

$105 physician + $1,738 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.