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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Washington 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?

$257

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $4,074.

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 $257 · 10th to 90th $129 to $8,511
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $257

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
$194.98
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,238.72
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 37th of 49

$257

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.