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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Arkansas 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$5.50$3.39 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$4.90 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $71Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $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
$4.79
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.17
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.89

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$5.50

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.