Lab tests CPT 85652 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sed rate (ESR) cost in Cheyenne, WY — inpatient

In Cheyenne, WY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as an inpatient: from $16.60 to $16.60, with a median of $16.60. Across Wyoming, the median is $5.96 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 85652, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 25, 2026 and Mar 25, 2026.

Lowest$16.60Memorial Hospital of Laramie County
Median$16.60half pay less
Highest$16.60in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Cheyenne, WY.

median
Lowest $16.60Highest $47.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Hospital of Laramie County lowest Cheyenne, WY · (307) 633-2273 CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED $16.60 $23.71 $1.63–$22.76 30% Mar 25, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Laramie County Cheyenne, WY · (307) 633-2273 HC SED RAD ARTHRITIS PANEL 1 AUTOMATED 4330 $31.70 $45.28 $35.41–$43.47 30% Mar 25, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Laramie County Cheyenne, WY · (307) 633-2273 HC SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED 1140 130213 $47.11 $67.30 $52.63–$64.61 30% Mar 25, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $16.60, median $16.60, highest $16.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $16.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

The sed rate measures how quickly red blood cells settle in a tube. A fast rate is a general sign of inflammation; it is used for conditions such as giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica and to follow them.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.