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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

New Hampshire 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 5 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$2.88$1.74 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$5.13 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $74Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12
$2$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$3.09
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$7.94

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 20th of 51

$5.13

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.