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Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 85730

This blood test measures how long it takes a blood sample to clot using a specific laboratory method, which helps evaluate the blood's clotting ability. It is commonly used to check for bleeding disorders, monitor certain blood-thinning medications, or evaluate before surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT) cost?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 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$4.90$3.09 to $6.92
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 $7Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $5

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
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.13
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
$4.17
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.90
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
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$5.37

MN $64.57MD $4.47

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.