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Clot Retraction Test

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$8.71$3.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$15.85 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $5 to $81Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $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
$2.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 37th 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.