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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Minnesota 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$151 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$162 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,230Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $120 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $195

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$204

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.