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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

North Carolina 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 8 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$2.95$2.34 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$8.91 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $3 to $85Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $38professional $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
$3.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$4.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$7.41

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.