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Clot Retraction Test

Michigan 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$12.30$4.79 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$14.13 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $12

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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$23.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.22
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.77

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 20th of 51

$13.49

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.