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Clot Retraction Test

Montana 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 July 2026.

How much does Clot Retraction Test cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$16.22 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$16.22 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $49Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $107
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in North Dakota than in Vermont. 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$20.42

ND $25.12VT $5.25

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.