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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Colorado rates for HCPCS 90997

A treatment in which blood is drawn out of the body, passed through a cartridge packed with a binding material such as activated charcoal, and returned. The material traps toxins that would otherwise stay in the bloodstream.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $107 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$102 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$95.50 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $62 to $155Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $93 to $178
$100$200$500facility $107professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Colorado· 16th of 51

$117

AK $229FL $74.13

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.