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Clot Retraction Test

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Clot Retraction Test cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$4.90 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$18.62 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $25
$2$5$10$20facility $19professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arkansas· 8th of 51

$17.38

AK $36.31KY $4.07

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.