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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Missouri 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$4.27$2.95 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$4.79 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $4

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
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.61
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
$1.82
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$4.90

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.