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Clot Retraction Test

Georgia 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$4.90 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$12.88 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$2$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $6

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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$33.88
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
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.16

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 48th of 51

$6.46

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.