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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

New Jersey 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?

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 7 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$2.34$2.09 to $2.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$4.27 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $37Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $2

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
$9.77
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.86
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$1,071.52
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$3.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.98

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 39th of 51

$3.24

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.