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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Texas 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 Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $145.

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 $120 · 10th to 90th $98 to $178
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $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
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 42nd 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.