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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Utah 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?

$3,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$83.18 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,786Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $98

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
$134.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
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
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where Utah 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

Utah· 4th of 51

$3,049

$97.72 physician + $2,951 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.