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Clot Retraction Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85170

A laboratory test that lets a blood sample clot and then observes how well the clot shrinks and tightens over the following hours. Poor shrinkage points to a problem with platelets, the small blood cells that build a clot and pull it closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clot Retraction Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$48.98$23.44 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$11.75 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $12 to $74Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $16 to $65
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $49

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
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$52.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$48.98

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in North Dakota than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$16.22

ND $25.12VT $5.25

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.