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Clot Retraction Test

Washington, DC 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$12.30$12.30 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$12.30 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $12

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
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.80

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 42nd of 51

$12.30

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.