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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Kansas 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.79$4.27 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$8.32 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $5

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
$4.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.71
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 3rd of 51

$8.32

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.