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Clot Retraction Test

Virginia 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$6.46 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$15.14 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $78Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $10

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
$13.80
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
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
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$11.22

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.