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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Ohio 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?

$1,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$89.13 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$724 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,248Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $83 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $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
$199.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
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
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 36th of 51

$1,181

$110 physician + $1,072 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.