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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Tennessee 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?

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 6 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$2.04 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$18.62 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $3 to $91Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $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
$3.98
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.17
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.80

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$3.72

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.