Sed rate (ESR) cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 10 hospitals list a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as an inpatient: from $7.30 to $273.24, with a median of $175.50. The lowest listed price is at Englewood Health — $168.20 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $16.02 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 85652, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 2, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood Health lowest Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Sedimentation Rate, Auto 85652 | $7.30 | $73.00 | $5.71–$58.40 | 90% | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 RBC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $14.00 | $14.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 SED RATE | $22.20 | $37.00 | $2.16–$31.45 | 40% | — source file |
| HMH Carrier Behavioral Health Belle Mead, NJ SED RATE BY MODIFIED WESTERGREN | $32.40 | $81.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| HMH Carrier Behavioral Health Belle Mead, NJ SED RATE BY MODIFIED WESTERGREN | $32.40 | $81.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Sedimentation Rate Automated | $175.50 | $195.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Sedimentation Rate Automated | $175.50 | $195.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Sedimentation Rate Automated | $175.50 | $195.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Sedimentation Rate Automated | $175.50 | $195.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Sedimentation Rate Automated | $175.50 | $195.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 RBC SED RATE AUTOMATED | $273.24 | $303.60 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $7.30, median $175.50, highest $273.24 — a 37.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $141.41 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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 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.
13 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJSED RATE BY MODIFIED WESTERGREN QST | $2.70 | file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJSEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $2.70 | file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJSEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $3.11 | file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJSed Rate Erythrocyte Auto | $3.11 | file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJSed Rate Erythrocyte Auto | $3.11 | file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJSed Rate Erythrocyte Auto | $3.11 | file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJSed Rate Erythrocyte Auto | $3.11 | file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJSed Rate Erythrocyte Auto | $3.11 | file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NYHC RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $3.24 | file |
| NYU Langone New York, NYHC RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $3.24 | file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NYHC RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $3.24 | file |
| NYU Langone New York, NYHC RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $3.24 | file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NYHC RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $3.24 | file |