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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Nevada 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?

$2,059

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,059 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$110$83.18 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$832 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,467Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $76 to $138
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,950professional $110

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
$114.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
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
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 14th of 51

$2,059

$110 physician + $1,950 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.