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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Minnesota 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?

$607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$191$148 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$195 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,467Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $120 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $191

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$607

$191 physician + $417 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.