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Clot Retraction Test

Kentucky 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$3.39$2.45 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$13.18 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $16
$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.22
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
$0.81
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$4.07

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.