Sed rate (ESR) cost in Jamestown, NY
In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $14.04 to $14.04, with a median of $14.04. Across New York, the median is $16.02 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 85652, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Memorial Hospital lowest Westfield, NY HC SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $14.04 | $18.00 | — | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital lowest Westfield, NY HC SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $14.04 | $18.00 | $1.78–$7.35 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $14.04, median $14.04, highest $14.04.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $14.04. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 85652 ($33.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NYCHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $1.76 | file |