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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Kansas 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?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 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 6 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$2.40$2.34 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.89 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $60Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$2.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.79

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 42nd of 51

$2.95

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.