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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Pennsylvania 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?

$123

Typical physician fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $135.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $98 to $178
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $123

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
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$123

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.