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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Maryland 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?

$110

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $85 to $646Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $81 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $257professional $110

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$110

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.