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Blood Clotting Time Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 85348

Measures how long a sample of blood takes to form a clot. Clotting that takes too long can point to a missing clotting factor, liver trouble, or the effect of a blood-thinning medicine, while very fast clotting can suggest the opposite problem.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Clotting Time Test cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$3.47$3.47 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$4.79 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $3

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.41

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$3.63

SD $8.13DC $3.39

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.