Sed rate (ESR) cost in Miami, FL
In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 28 hospitals list a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $8.66 to $1,216.00, with a median of $116.35. The lowest listed price is at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida — $107.69 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $110.24 at 131 hospitals.
- The median here, $116.35, is 206% above the US median of $38.00.
- That is 43.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.70).
- Miami, FL has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 17 of 28 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 28 facilities across 22 cities for code 85652, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 23, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida lowest Miami Beach, FL · (305) 674-2121 HC SED RATE AUTOMATED File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $8.66 | $8.66 | $2.08–$1,171.00 | — |
| Larkin Community Hospital South Miami, FL · (305) 284-7500 Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, automated File of Jul 7, 2026 · source file | $25.20 | $36.00 | $0.97–$172.00 | 30% |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $27.95 | $43.00 | $2.65–$216.00 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL · (954) 689-5000 SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $37.05 | $57.00 | $14.25–$51.30 | 35% |
| HCA Florida Palms West Hospital Loxahatchee, FL · (561) 798-3300 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $53.00 | $53.00 | $2.70–$75.15 | — |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · (561) 955-4200 ESR(SED RATE AUTOMATED) File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $64.35 | $99.00 | $2.70–$99.00 | 35% |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · (305) 585-1111 Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, automated+3 more lines at this price File of Oct 12, 2026 · source file | $75.00 | $75.00 | $1.62–$3,997.00 | — |
| Broward Health Imperial Point Fort Lauderdale, FL · (954) 776-8500 HC RBC SED RATE, AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $76.07 | $76.07 | $1.62–$60.86 | — |
| Broward Health Coral Springs Coral Springs, FL · (954) 344-3121 HC RBC SED RATE, AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $76.07 | $76.07 | $1.62–$60.86 | — |
| Broward Health North Deerfield Beach, FL · (954) 786-6400 HC RBC SED RATE, AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $77.18 | $77.18 | $1.62–$61.74 | — |
| Broward Health Medical Center Fort Lauderdale, FL · (954) 355-4400 HC RBC SED RATE, AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $80.48 | $80.48 | $1.62–$64.38 | — |
| Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus Hialeah, FL · (305) 558-2500 Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, automated File of Jan 30, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $120.00 | $2.57–$240.00 | 30% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Jupiter, FL · (561) 747-2234 HC SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file | $91.00 | $91.00 | — | — |
| Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL · (786) 596-1960 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.43–$179.00 | 35% |
| Bethesda Hospital Boynton Beach, FL · (561) 737-7733 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.70–$179.00 | 35% |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital Miami, FL · (786) 467-2000 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.70–$179.00 | 35% |
| Homestead Hospital Homestead, FL · (786) 243-8000 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.43–$179.00 | 35% |
| South Miami Hospital South Miami, FL · (786) 662-4000 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.70–$179.00 | 35% |
| Doctors Hospital Coral Gables, FL · (786) 308-3000 Sed rate File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $179.00 | $2.70–$179.00 | 35% |
| HCA Florida Aventura Hospital Aventura, FL · (305) 682-7000 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $273.00 | $273.00 | $2.70–$158.34 | — |
| HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Margate, FL · (954) 974-0400 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $833.00 | $833.00 | $2.70–$708.05 | — |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Miami, FL · (954) 587-5010 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $905.00 | $905.00 | $2.70–$533.95 | — |
| HCA Florida University Hospital Pembroke Pines, FL · (954) 475-4400 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $926.00 | $926.00 | $2.70–$463.00 | — |
| HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital Tamarac, FL · (954) 721-2200 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $971.25 | $971.25 | $2.67–$825.56 | — |
| HCA Florida Kendall Hospital Cutler Bay, FL · (305) 223-3000 SED RATE AUTO+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $973.00 | $973.00 | $2.70–$564.34 | — |
| HCA Florida Westside Hospital Plantation, FL · (954) 587-5010 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,089.00 | $1,089.00 | $2.70–$1,306.80 | — |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital Boynton Beach, FL · (561) 965-7300 Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,216.00 | $1,216.00 | $2.70–$717.44 | — |
| HCA Florida JFK North Hospital West Palm Beach, FL · (561) 965-7300 SED RATE AUTO+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,216.00 | $1,216.00 | $2.70–$1,033.60 | — |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL · (954) 771-8000 HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,261.65 | — | $2.65–$216.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $8.66, median $116.35, highest $1,216.00 — a 140.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $85.74. 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 14 of 27 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 85652 ($36.80). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Hialeah Hospital Hialeah, FLAUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $2.65 | file |
| Palmetto General Hospital Hialeah, FLAUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $2.65 | file |
| North Shore Medical Center Miami, FLAUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $2.65 | file |
| Coral Gables Hospital Coral Gables, FLAUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $2.65 | file |