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Clot Retraction Test

Tennessee 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$4.90 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$12.88 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $29professional $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
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$10.72

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.