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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Minnesota 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?

$3.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$2.69$2.63 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$6.76 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $50Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $36
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$3.80
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$3.09

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.