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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Iowa 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 8 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$3.80$2.69 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$7.08 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $4 to $74Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$1$10$100facility $34professional $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
$4.07
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$7.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$6.76

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.