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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

North Carolina 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?

$1,209

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$135 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$708 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,951Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $112 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $209

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
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
7 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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,209

$209 physician + $1,000 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.