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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

New Mexico 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?

$1,155

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,155 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$132$105 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$603 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $33 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
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
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 40th of 51

$1,155

$132 physician + $1,023 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.