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Clot Retraction Test

Connecticut 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$8.32$5.50 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$5.01 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $41Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $8

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.84
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
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.69

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 42nd of 51

$8.32

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.