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Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR)

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

How much does Manual Blood Sedimentation Rate Test (ESR) cost?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.37$5.37 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$4.79 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $5 to $178Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$6.61

AK $13.80NJ $3.16

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.