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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Oklahoma 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?

$2,820

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$129$105 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,072 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,898Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $91 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $129

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
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
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$2,820

$129 physician + $2,692 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.