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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Texas 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 July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells cost?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $3,631.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $112 to $5,370
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 61.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Texas· 27th of 49

$1,862

IN $6,310MD $102

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.