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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 5 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$91.20$85.11 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$550 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $120 to $759Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $79 to $145
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $91

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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· 45th of 51

$91.20

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.