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Bleeding Time Test

Montana 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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$6.17$5.50 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$6.03 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $6

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.45
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.31

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$6.46

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.