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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Georgia rates for HCPCS 36513

Blood is drawn from a vein and passed through a machine that separates out and discards platelets, the small cells that make blood clot, before returning the rest of the blood to the patient. Lowering a dangerously high platelet count reduces the risk of clots and stroke. It is a treatment session, not a blood donation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Platelet Removal By Apheresis cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $525 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$123 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$288 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,631Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $148

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
$123.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
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
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$155

AK $427FL $89.13

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.