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Therapeutic Apheresis With Selective Filtering

South 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$407$95.50 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$174 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $100 to $17,378Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,162
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $407

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
$229.09
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,622

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.