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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Nebraska 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$5.01$3.24 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$10.47 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $4 to $98Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $5

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
$6.03
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$5.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.62
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$5.37

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$7.59

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.