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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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 8 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$4.57$4.27 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$4.27 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $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
$5.50
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.08
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$5.13

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 33rd 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.