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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$1,995$112 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$107 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $83 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,495
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,995

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
$109.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 6th 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.