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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Alabama 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?

$2.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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 5 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$2.45$2.34 to $3.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$3.09 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $50Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $2

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
$3.09
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$3.80

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$2.69

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.