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Clot Retraction Test

Alabama 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$13.18$9.77 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$5.89 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $13

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
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$11.75

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.