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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Kentucky 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?

$2.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$2.34$2.14 to $2.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$6.76 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $3 to $91Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$31.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.80

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$2.88

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.