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Clot Retraction Test

Louisiana 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$8.51$4.90 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$12.30 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $47Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.33

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$15.49

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.