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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 85652

This blood test measures how quickly red blood cells settle to the bottom of a test tube over time, using an automated laboratory instrument. A faster-than-normal rate can be a sign of inflammation somewhere in the body, though it does not point to a specific cause on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated Sedimentation Rate Test cost?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$3.55$2.45 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$2.34 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $2 to $78Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$9.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$8.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. 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.

Alaska· 15th of 51

$6.03

WV $25.70WY $2.45

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.