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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Minnesota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$117 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$95.50 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,585Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $95 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $166

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$166

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.