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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

Massachusetts 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 8 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$1,549$105 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$107 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $98 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,129
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,549

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$1,549

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.