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Clot Retraction Test

Kansas 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$8.71$8.71 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.98 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$5$10$20facility $6professional $9

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
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
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
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.47

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 49th of 51

$6.03

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.