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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

New Mexico 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?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$2.45$2.34 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$6.92 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $107Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $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
$4.07
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.75
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$2.04

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 49th of 51

$2.51

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.