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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

North Carolina 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$110 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$234 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,122Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $158

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
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
7 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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$162

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.