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Specialized Clotting Test for Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Georgia 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$8.91 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$17.78 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $62Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $35
$10$20$50facility $24professional $12

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$35.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$38.02
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
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.47

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$15.49

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.