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Thrombin Time Blood Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 85670

This blood test measures how long it takes a blood sample to clot after a substance called thrombin is added. It is used to help investigate bleeding or clotting problems, or to check for the presence of certain blood-thinning medications.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thrombin Time Blood Test cost?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 8 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$5.13$4.57 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$8.71 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $5 to $78Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $5

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
$4.79
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$7.94

SD $20.89TN $5.01

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.