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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Nebraska 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?

$1,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$240$174 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,047 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,511Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $138 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $240

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$1,789

$240 physician + $1,549 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.