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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Washington, DC 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$2.04$2.04 to $2.04
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$6.17 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $2 to $27Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
$2.04
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$4.57

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 24th of 51

$4.90

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.