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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

New Hampshire 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 5 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$5.01$3.39 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$8.13 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$2$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$6.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.47

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 9th of 51

$7.41

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.