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Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT)

Montana 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$5.37 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$8.71 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $76Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $8

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
$8.32
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.03

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$8.71

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.