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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Virginia 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?

$1,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$102 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,888Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $93 to $138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $112

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
$144.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
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
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$1,974

$112 physician + $1,862 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.