Sed rate (ESR) cost in Palm Bay, FL — inpatient
In Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as an inpatient: from $11.25 to $11.25, with a median of $11.25. The lowest listed price is at Viera Hospital and 3 other hospitals. Across Florida, the median is $76.07 at 63 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 85652, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viera Hospital lowest Melbourne, FL · (321) 434-9000 HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATE | $11.25 | $45.00 | $27.00–$42.75 | 75% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center lowest Melbourne, FL · (321) 434-7000 HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATE | $11.25 | $45.00 | $27.00–$42.75 | 75% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Palm Bay Hospital lowest Palm Bay, FL · (321) 434-8000 HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATE | $11.25 | $45.00 | $27.00–$42.75 | 75% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Cape Canaveral Hospital lowest Cocoa Beach, FL · (321) 799-7111 HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMA | $11.25 | $45.00 | $27.00–$42.75 | 75% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $11.25, median $11.25, highest $11.25.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $11.25 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 4 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 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.
| Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, FLHb Rbc Sed Rate, Auto - Sedimentation Rate, Automated | $2.40 | file |