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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Illinois 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$107 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$380 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,630Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $123

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
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
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
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th of 51

$123

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.