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Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT)

Colorado 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 July 2026.

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

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 7 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 $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$16.22 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $7 to $195Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$20$100$500facility $46professional $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
$8.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$60.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.62

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$16.60

WV $74.13VT $5.25

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.