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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Mississippi 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?

$1,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$107 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$631 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,630Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $91 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $148

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
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 42nd of 51

$1,019

$148 physician + $871 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.