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Platelet Removal By Apheresis

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $151.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $95 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $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
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$204.17
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.