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Bleeding Time Test

Massachusetts 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$4.79$4.57 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$6.61 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$10$100$1Kfacility $11professional $5

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
$4.27
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$19.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.48

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$5.13

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.