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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Nevada 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?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$3.24 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$4.68 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $50Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$10$50$200facility $9professional $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
$3.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.92
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 50th of 51

$3.72

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.