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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Washington, DC 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?

$89.13

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $95.50.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $81Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $79 to $123
$100$200facility $81professional $89

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$89.13

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.