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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

Kentucky 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 6 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$182$85.11 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$794 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $112 to $11,220Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $62 to $2,570
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $182

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
$112.20
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$275

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.