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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Maine 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$2.19 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$5.25 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $3 to $93Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $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
$2.69
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.80
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$29.51
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.50

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 26th of 51

$4.37

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.