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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 July 2026.

How much does Platelet Removal By Apheresis cost?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $132.

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

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $89 to $155
$100$200$500professional $120

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
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$120

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.