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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Illinois 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$2.69$2.34 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$8.13 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $4 to $95Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$10$50$200facility $58professional $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
$4.17
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$123.03
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 4th of 51

$12.88

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.