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Automated Sedimentation Rate Test

Virginia 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 8 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 $2.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$6.61 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $3 to $78Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $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
$5.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.62
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.80

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 14th of 51

$6.17

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.