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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Utah 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$24.55 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $9 to $74Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $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
$15.14
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 2nd of 51

$21.88

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.