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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$4.07$3.24 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$4.27 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $3 to $43Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$3.24
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.27

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 34th 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.