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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 October 2026.

How much does Platelet Removal By Apheresis cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$123 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$132 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $102 to $2,818Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $98 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $174

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$407.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
6 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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.85
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$178

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.