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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$95.50$85.11 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$95.50 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $83 to $191Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $79 to $145
$100$200$500facility $120professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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· 25th of 51

$95.50

MN $200WV $87.10

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.