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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Utah 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?

$89.13

Typical physician fee. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $107.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $85 to $195Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $51 to $123
$100$200facility $105professional $89

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
4 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
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 44th of 51

$89.13

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.