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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Michigan 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?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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$2.57$2.34 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$3.47 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $30Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$2.57
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.80

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$3.72

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.