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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Delaware 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?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 4 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$2.82$2.24 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$3.09 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $2 to $45Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $35
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $33professional $3

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
$2.24
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$4.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.80

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 12th of 51

$6.61

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.