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Specialized Clotting Test for Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Virginia 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$12.30$8.91 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$17.78 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $23professional $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
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$47.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
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
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.39

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 46th of 51

$13.80

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.