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Photopheresis (Light Treatment of Blood)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 36522

Blood is drawn through a line, the white blood cells are separated out by a machine, treated with a light-sensitive medicine and exposed to ultraviolet light, and then returned to the body along with the rest of the blood. The treated cells change how the immune system behaves. It is used for conditions such as a skin lymphoma of white blood cells, graft-versus-host disease after a transplant, and rejection of a transplanted organ.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Photopheresis (Light Treatment of Blood) cost?

$1,905

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $141 to $3,388.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $110 to $6,457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 104.7 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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 50

$1,905

IN $12,882ME $123

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.