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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Rhode Island 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?

$1,503

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,503 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$123$115 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$891 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,898Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $105 to $170
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $123

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
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
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$1,503

$123 physician + $1,380 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.