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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

New York 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$69.18 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$95.50 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $79 to $457Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $63 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $79

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
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$870.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
5 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
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62

Where New York 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.

New York· 50th of 51

$79.43

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.