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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 July 2026.

How much does Clot Retraction Test cost?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$3.24$3.24 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$16.22 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $7 to $46Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $3

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
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 50th of 51

$5.62

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.