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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 7 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$132$95.50 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$91.20 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $83 to $191Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $87 to $224
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $115professional $132

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. 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
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $132 · 5th 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.