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Bleeding Time Test

Minnesota 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 6 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 $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$4.79 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $38Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$4.79

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.