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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Iowa 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?

$158

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $209.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $257Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $105 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $158

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
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
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$158

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.