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Bleeding Time Test

Missouri 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$4.68$2.88 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$4.79 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $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
$4.68
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$5.50

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.