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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Removal By Apheresis cost?

$148

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $219.

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

Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $100 to $562
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $148

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$148

AK $257VT $107

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.