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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36516

A treatment that circulates a patient's blood through a machine outside the body to selectively remove a harmful substance, such as an antibody, from the plasma before returning the filtered blood to the patient. It is used for certain autoimmune and blood conditions where a specific substance in the bloodstream is causing symptoms or organ damage. It is a more targeted process than a standard plasma exchange, filtering out fewer of the blood's normal components.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$100 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,862 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,445

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in California than in Michigan. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$1,698

CA $2,455MI $155

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.