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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

New Mexico 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 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$4.27$3.24 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$6.46 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $4 to $45Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16professional $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
$6.46
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.79

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 51

$4.68

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.