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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 4 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$2.82$2.04 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$8.13 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $3 to $63Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $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
$8.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$5.37

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th 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.