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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

Iowa 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 7 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$1,778$117 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,570 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $129 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $87 to $5,370
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $1,778

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$1,995

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.