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Clot Retraction Test

New York 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.41$6.46 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$13.80 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $3 to $43Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $25
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $7

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
$2.69
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$25.70
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$79.43
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$31.62
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$23.99
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.62
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
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
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$2.75

Where New York 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 York· 40th of 51

$9.12

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.