Sed rate (ESR) cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 28 hospitals list a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $3.73 to $44.25, with a median of $16.01. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health Hospital and 1 other hospital — $12.28 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $24.00 at 80 hospitals.
- The median here, $16.01, is 58% below the US median of $38.00.
- That is 5.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.70).
- 9 of 28 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 28 facilities across 20 cities for code 85652, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health Hospital lowest Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB LAB SEDIMENT RATE RBC AUTOMATED File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $3.73 | $19.00 | $2.20–$3.73 | 80% |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital lowest West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB LAB SEDIMENT RATE RBC AUTOMATED File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $3.73 | $19.00 | $1.41–$9.50 | 80% |
| Surgeons Choice Medical Center Southfield, MI SED RATE ESR REF File of May 8, 2026 · source file | $4.00 | $4.00 | $2.38–$2.65 | — |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 Sedimentation Rate File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $4.05 | $8.10 | $1.48–$8.35 | 50% |
| St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI · (734) 655-4800 HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $8.45 | $13.00 | $1.48–$13.00 | 35% |
| St Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital Brighton, MI · (517) 545-6000 HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $8.45 | $13.00 | $1.48–$13.00 | 35% |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $8.45 | $13.00 | $1.48–$13.00 | 35% |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 SEDIMENTATION RATE-AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $8.96 | $16.00 | $2.20–$5.87 | 44% |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 Sedimentation Rate File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $9.40 | $18.80 | $1.48–$14.52 | 50% |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Sedimentation Rate File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $9.50 | $19.00 | $1.48–$9.96 | 50% |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 SEDIMENTATION RATE-AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $9.52 | $17.00 | $3.69–$5.87 | 44% |
| Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOM File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $10.15 | $20.30 | $1.48–$15.23 | 50% |
| Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus Novi, MI · (248) 849-3000 SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $11.76 | $21.00 | $1.82–$4.86 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $11.76 | $21.00 | $1.97–$4.86 | 44% |
| Surgeons Choice Medical Center Southfield, MI SED RATE ESR File of May 8, 2026 · source file | $20.00 | $20.00 | $2.38–$2.65 | — |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 SED RATE AUTO File of Apr 8, 2026 · source file | $20.25 | $27.00 | — | 25% |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Auto Sed Rate+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 HC AUTO SED RATE+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · (248) 898-5400 HC AUTO SED RATE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Auto Sed Rate+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 SED RATE AUTO File of Apr 6, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $32.00 | — | 25% |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills, MI · (248) 471-8000 HC AUTO SED RATE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Auto Sed Rate+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI · (313) 593-7125 HC AUTO SED RATE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Auto Sed Rate+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $24.00 | — | — |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 RBC SED RATE AUTOMATED File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $30.40 | $60.80 | $1.48–$30.89 | 50% |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 Sedimentation Rate File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $31.45 | $62.90 | $1.48–$47.18 | 50% |
| VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MI · (248) 937-3370 SED RATE AUTO File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $32.25 | $43.00 | $1.00–$3.69 | 25% |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 SED RATE AUTO+1 more line at this price File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $36.00 | $48.00 | $1.00–$3.69 | 25% |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 SED RATE AUTO File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $44.25 | $59.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $3.73, median $16.01, highest $44.25 — a 11.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 24 facilities here, median $17.88. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 9 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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 sed rate (ESR) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sed rate (ESR) explained.