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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85651

This blood test measures how quickly red blood cells settle to the bottom of a test tube over a set period of time, using a manual laboratory method rather than an automated instrument. A faster settling rate can be a sign of inflammation somewhere in the body, though it does not point to a specific cause.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR) cost?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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 6 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$9.55$4.68 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.09 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $78Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $10

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
$14.45
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$13.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$33.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$6.61

WV $30.90DC $3.24

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.