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Plasminogen Blood Test

Virginia rates for HCPCS 85420

Measures the activity of plasminogen in a blood sample. Plasminogen is a protein the body converts into the enzyme that breaks down blood clots once they are no longer needed. Low activity is investigated when clots form too readily or when a rare inherited deficiency is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Plasminogen Blood Test cost?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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$4.47$3.47 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$6.46 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $37Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $4

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
$4.90
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$16.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.92
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
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.23

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 44th of 51

$5.25

AK $14.79MD $4.90

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.