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Blood Cleaning Through A Charcoal Filter

Virginia 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 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 8 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$95.50$85.11 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$95.50 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $87 to $186Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $79 to $141
$100$200$500facility $115professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 24th of 51

$95.50

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.