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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Montana 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$120 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$129 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $126 to $151Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $79 to $158
$100$200facility $132professional $138

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
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
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$138

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.