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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

North Carolina 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $191.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $87 to $646Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $240
$100$200$500facility $87professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
9 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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$155

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.