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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

South Dakota 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$4.79$2.69 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$19.95 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $81Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $41
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$40.74
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.07
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$23.44

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.