Sed rate (ESR) cost in Lima, OH
In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $11.70 to $39.00, with a median of $25.35. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $13.65 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $30.31 at 86 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 85652, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Lima, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Erythrocyte Sedrate | $11.70 | $13.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Sed Rate | $39.00 | $65.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $11.70, median $25.35, highest $39.00 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $25.35. 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.
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OHRbc Sed Rate Automated | $3.27 | file |