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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,818 to $3,802.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 61.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Michigan· 13th of 49

$3,467

IN $6,310MD $102

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.