Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) clotting test in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) clotting test: from $5.60 to $20.66, with a median of $16.88. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 85730, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX ACTIVATED PART THROMBOPLASTIN | $5.60 | $28.00 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME (PTT) | $5.60 | $28.00 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME | $5.60 | $28.00 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX HEXAGONAL PHOSPHOLIPID SCR | $5.60 | $28.00 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX SPC *APTT SENDOUT | $5.60 | $28.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX SPC PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $6.89 | $34.46 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SPC PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $6.89 | $34.46 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME | $16.08 | $80.40 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME | $16.88 | $84.42 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME | $16.88 | $84.42 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $18.08 | $90.40 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME (PTT) | $18.82 | $94.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX PARTIAL THROMBOPLAS TIME (PTT) | $18.82 | $94.08 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $18.98 | $94.92 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $18.98 | $94.92 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH CLIN CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $19.68 | $98.40 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CLIN CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $20.66 | $103.32 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CLIN CHEM PRT THROMBO TM (PTT) | $20.66 | $103.32 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.60, median $16.88, highest $20.66 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $16.88. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
The partial thromboplastin time (PTT or aPTT) test measures how long it takes blood to clot through a different pathway than the PT test. It is used to check for bleeding disorders, before surgery, and to monitor heparin.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the PTT test. The blood draw is often billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 85730 ($48.56). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH SPC APTT SENDOUT | $2.88 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSPC APTT SENDOUT | $3.02 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXSPC APTT SENDOUT | $3.02 | file |