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Therapeutic Removal of Red Blood Cells

Wyoming 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?

$1,891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$182 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,622 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,138Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $123 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 17th of 51

$1,891

$269 physician + $1,622 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.