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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Missouri 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?

$1,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$123$112 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$741 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,012Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $100 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $123

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$1,568

$123 physician + $1,445 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.