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Bleeding Time Test

Virginia 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$3.63$3.63 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$4.79 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6professional $4

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
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$4.27

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.