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Clot Retraction Test

Arizona 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$12.88$10.96 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$10.72 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $7 to $71Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $107
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $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
$7.41
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$13.18

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.