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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

36514 Plasma exchange Medicare reimbursement rates in Oklahoma

Report therapeutic plasma exchange when a patient’s plasma is removed during an apheresis session to treat a condition such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Compare 36514 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Oklahoma.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 36514 in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$643.67

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Oklahoma

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

$75.47

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Oklahoma

One mapped payment locality.

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Apheresis

About 36514: Therapeutic plasma exchange

Report therapeutic plasma exchange when a patient’s plasma is removed during an apheresis session to treat a condition such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

This service processes a patient’s blood through an apheresis system to separate and remove plasma while returning blood cells to the patient; replacement fluid is used as clinically indicated. It is commonly performed in a hospital or other facility by an apheresis team under physician direction. Typical clinical situations include plasma exchange for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, myasthenia gravis, or Guillain-Barré syndrome when removal of plasma is part of the treatment plan.

Select this code when the treatment removes plasma, rather than targeting red cells, white cells, or platelets. Document the clinical indication, the plasma-directed treatment performed, and the service date. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment is unavailable, and co-surgeon and team-surgery reporting are not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 36514

Global period
Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
Multiple procedures
Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
Assistant at surgery
Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU1.76 · 8%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU19.47 · 91%
  • Malpractice RVU0.16 · 1%

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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

36514 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Oklahoma, from the same CMS release.

36511

Leukocyte apheresis

White-cell removal

No office rate

Use 36511 when the apheresis treatment targets white blood cells. Use 36514 when plasma is removed.

36512

Red cell apheresis

RBC-directed treatment

No office rate

Use 36512 for therapeutic apheresis targeting red blood cells; this code is for plasma removal.

36513

Platelet apheresis

Therapeutic platelet removal

No office rate

Use 36513 when platelets are the treatment target. This code describes plasma-directed exchange.

36516

Therapeutic apheresis

Selective adsorption or filtration

$1,993.54

Use 36516 for selective adsorption of targeted substances from plasma. Use this code for therapeutic plasma removal.

Compare 36514 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 36514 in Oklahoma.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

4,501

Code
36514
Physician work
1.76
Practice expense
19.47
Malpractice
0.16

GPCI2026.csv

86

Locality
Oklahoma
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.893
Malpractice
0.777
Office / nonfacility calculation for 36514 in Oklahoma
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work1.76× 1.0001.7600
Practice expense19.47× 0.89317.3867
Malpractice0.16× 0.7770.1243
Total RVUs19.2710
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Oklahoma$643.67

Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work1.761
Practice expense19.470.893
Malpractice0.160.777

(1.76 × 1 + 19.47 × 0.893 + 0.16 × 0.777) × $33.4009 = $643.67

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work1.761
Practice expense0.420.893
Malpractice0.160.777

(1.76 × 1 + 0.42 × 0.893 + 0.16 × 0.777) × $33.4009 = $75.47

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

36514 billing questions

When should this code be chosen over 36516?

Use this code for therapeutic removal of plasma. Code 36516 describes selective adsorption treatment, which targets selected substances rather than removing plasma broadly.

How does this differ from the other therapeutic apheresis codes?

Choose the code according to the blood component being treated: this service targets plasma, while 36511, 36512, and 36513 target white cells, red cells, and platelets, respectively.

Can modifier 50 be reported?

No. Plasma exchange is not reported as a bilateral service, so modifier 50 is inappropriate.

What documentation supports reporting this service?

Record the indication for treatment and document that the apheresis session removed plasma. The record should make clear that plasma, rather than another blood component, was targeted.

How is this code affected when other procedures occur in the same session?

The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in the same session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in this code’s 0-day global period.

Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment is unavailable for this service. Co-surgeon and team-surgery reporting are not permitted.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 36514PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 4,501 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for OklahomaGPCI2026.csv, line 86 (RVU26D)