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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Massachusetts 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $191.

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 $132 · 10th to 90th $91 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $132

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
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$132

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.