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Clot Retraction Test

Colorado 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$6.92 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$28.84 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $13 to $74Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $11

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
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
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
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.24

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 14th of 51

$16.22

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.