go back

Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$3.31 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$5.75 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $3

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
$3.55
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.85

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$4.27

AK $13.80NJ $3.16

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.