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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

New Jersey 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?

$2,444

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,444 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$100$87.10 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,918Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $83 to $148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $100

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
$95.50
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 12th of 51

$2,444

$100 physician + $2,344 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.