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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Kansas 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$138 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$282 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,467Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $115 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $170

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
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
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$170

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.