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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 July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells cost?

$166

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $3,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $6,918Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $85 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $178professional $115

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
$144.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 49

$166

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.