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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Tennessee 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$132$112 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$389 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,291Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $105 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $132

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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
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
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$151

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.