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Bleeding Time Test

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 85002

Measures how long it takes a small, standard cut on the forearm to stop bleeding, with a blood pressure cuff keeping pressure steady. The time taken reflects how well platelets — the tiny cells that plug damaged vessels — are doing their job. It is used when unusual bruising or bleeding needs explaining.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bleeding Time Test cost?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $4.90 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$3.89$2.09 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.90$3.98 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.31

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$3.89

SD $8.51DC $3.63

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.