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Bleeding Time Test

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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 4 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$5.13$3.80 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$4.90 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$4.79
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$9.12

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 19th 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.