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Clot Retraction Test

Missouri 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$9.33$6.92 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$11.75 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $6 to $100Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$15.85
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38
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
$6.92
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.72

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$9.77

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.