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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Colorado 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$2.34$2.04 to $2.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.89 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $100Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $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
$2.69
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$2.51

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$4.47

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.