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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 October 2026.

How much does Clot Retraction Test cost?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.92$2.24 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$13.18 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $9 to $74Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $14
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $7

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
$12.59
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$10.96

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.