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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

New Jersey 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 6 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$3.63$3.16 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$6.03 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $72Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $4

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
$4.27
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$11.75
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$794.33
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$4.07
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.37

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 26th of 51

$4.90

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.