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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Arkansas 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 7 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$4.17$2.24 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$4.17 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $62Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $8professional $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
$4.17
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.17
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$5.13

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$5.01

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.