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Specialized Clotting Test for Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Alabama rates for HCPCS 85597

This is a specialized blood clotting test used to help confirm the presence of a lupus anticoagulant, an antibody that interferes with normal blood clotting tests and is linked to an increased risk of abnormal blood clots. It is typically ordered as part of a broader workup when this kind of antibody is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialized Clotting Test for Antiphospholipid Antibodies cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.72$8.91 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$5.37 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $11

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
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72
3 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
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$7.59

KS $46.77AL $7.59

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.