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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Whole blood clot strength testing, per day

CPT 85396the billing code this page is about

Bedside or laboratory testing of how a whole blood sample clots and breaks down, including any added reagents and a written report; billed once per day.

Hospitals typically charge $102 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 687 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $118. Most fall between $41 and $276 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
687
States
48
Filings dated
Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 687 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$25$48$102$226$536

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $536).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $25: 31 hospitals$17$25 – $37: 52 hospitals$37 – $55: 76 hospitals$37$55 – $83: 71 hospitals$83 – $124: 147 hospitals$83$124 – $185: 67 hospitals$185 – $277: 72 hospitals$185$277 – $414: 34 hospitals$414 – $620: 47 hospitals$414$620 – $927: 22 hospitals$620median $102price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (619 of 687 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$2531
$25$3752
$37$5576
$55$8371
$83$124147
$124$18567
$185$27772
$277$41434
$414$62047
$620$92722

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $102.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $227 across 17 hospitalsMN$227Illinois: median $118 across 32 hospitalsIL$118Wisconsin: median $100 across 17 hospitalsWI$100Michigan: median $24 across 12 hospitalsMI$24New York: median $65 across 21 hospitalsNY$65Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $96 across 15 hospitalsIA$96Indiana: median $65 across 14 hospitalsIN$65Ohio: median $48 across 38 hospitalsOH$48Pennsylvania: median $62 across 27 hospitalsPA$62New Jersey: median $31 across 15 hospitalsNJ$31Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $83 across 59 hospitalsCA$83Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $226 across 29 hospitalsCO$226Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $229 across 18 hospitalsMO$229Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $115 across 20 hospitalsVA$115Maryland: median $159 across 10 hospitalsMD$159Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $39 across 11 hospitalsTN$39North Carolina: median $39 across 16 hospitalsNC$39South Carolina: median $92 across 14 hospitalsSC$92Oklahoma: median $144 across 16 hospitalsOK$144Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $59 across 23 hospitalsMS$59Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $262 across 37 hospitalsGA$262Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $190 across 86 hospitalsTX$190Florida: median $496 across 33 hospitalsFL$496
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $102. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL33$496+388%$109 – $816
Georgia GA37$262+158%$41 – $1,652
Missouri MO18$229+125%$100 – $764
Minnesota MN17$227+124%$99 – $300
Colorado CO29$226+122%$81 – $559
Texas TX86$190+87%$102 – $515
Maryland MD10$159+56%$128 – $176
Oklahoma OK16$144+42%$31 – $144
Illinois IL32$118+16%$21 – $161
Virginia VA20$115+13%$99 – $136
Wisconsin WI17$100−1%$100 – $168
Iowa IA15$96−6%$96 – $105
South Carolina SC14$92−10%$41 – $145
California CA59$83−18%$78 – $339
Indiana IN14$65−36%$16 – $68
New York NY21$65−36%$54 – $123
Pennsylvania PA27$62−39%$12 – $205
Mississippi MS23$59−42%$31 – $83
Ohio OH38$48−53%$34 – $106
Tennessee TN11$39−62%$21 – $46
North Carolina NC16$39−62%$39 – $124
New Jersey NJ15$31−69%$12 – $356
Michigan MI12$24−76%$22 – $644
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $102.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care591$100$41 – $279
Children’s32$189$85 – $580
Critical access61$89$31 – $187
Ownership
For-profit90$278$31 – $894
Government63$152$70 – $274
Non-profit531$96$39 – $224
System affiliation
Part of a system629$102$41 – $279
Independent58$70$30 – $274

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$180
Median cash price$102
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

510 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $102 and the average of the middle 60% is $115; most fall between $45 and $248.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 510 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$30$58$102$210$450

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($30 vs $450).

Of the 561 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 510 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

687 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 780 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted687
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here33
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code780

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CLOTTING ASSAY WHOLE BLOOD.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Whole blood clot strength testing, per day (CPT 85396) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-85396-whole-blood-clot-strength-testing-per-day