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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

Washington, DC 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?

$1,585

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $2,239.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $105 to $10,233Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $234

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
$104.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,398.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 37th of 51

$1,585

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.