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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Kentucky 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 6 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$91.20$83.18 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$89.13 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $87 to $129Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $79 to $141
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $129professional $91

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $91.20 · 40th of 51
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.