Sed rate (ESR) cost in Red Bluff, CA — inpatient
In Red Bluff, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as an inpatient: from $4.09 to $4.09, with a median of $4.09. Across California, the median is $56.00 at 161 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 85652, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Red Bluff, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Elizabeth Community Hospital lowest Red Bluff, CA · (530) 529-8000 SED RATE RBC AUTO NONL | $4.09 | $7.00 | $3.92–$6.86 | 42% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CA · (530) 529-8000 SED RATE RBC AUTO | $94.61 | $162.00 | $90.72–$158.76 | 42% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $4.09, median $4.09, highest $4.09.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4.09 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($39.15). 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.
| St Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff, CARL-SR-SED RATE RBC AUTO | $1.58 | file |