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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Tennessee 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?

$93.33

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $166.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $85 to $263Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $81 to $977
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $93

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
1 more rate 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
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 38th of 51

$93.33

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.