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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Maryland 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?

$901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$107$95.50 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$575 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $78 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $107

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 46th of 51

$901

$107 physician + $794 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.