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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Montana 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?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$3.55$3.09 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$3.63 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $81Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $4

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
$10.00
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$46,773.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$3.80

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 31st of 51

$3.63

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.