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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Massachusetts 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?

$911

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $911 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$170$123 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$166 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,631Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $95 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $170

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$562.34
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
6 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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$911

$170 physician + $741 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.