Sed rate (ESR) cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 30 hospitals publish a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $4.65 to $120.00, with a median of $23.64. The lowest price is at Grandview Medical Center (Birmingham). The highest price is 25.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $23.64, is 38% below the US median of $38.00.
- That is 8.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.70).
- Alabama ranks 10th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 30 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 85652. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$4.65Grandview Medical Center
Median$23.64half of hospitals charge less
Highest$120.00in Alabama
Lowest saves$18.99vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Medical Center lowest Birmingham · Birmingham, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $4.65 | $31.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile · Mobile, AL HEMA SEDIMENTATION AUTOMATED | $6.70 | $7.88 | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Medical Center Enterprise Enterprise · Enterprise, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $7.87 | $87.48 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Marion Regional Medical Center Hamilton · Hamilton, AL HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion Winfield · Winfield, AL HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - East Alabama Wedowee · Wedowee, AL RED BLOOD CELL SEDIMENTATION RATE; TO DETECT INFLAMMATION; AUTOMATED | $12.80 | $32.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $13.80 | $92.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL LAB-SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $15.00 | $15.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay · Russellville, AL LAB-SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $15.00 | $15.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $16.57 | $92.03 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital Luverne · Luverne, AL ESR | $16.64 | $33.28 | Oct 13, 2025 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville · Huntsville, AL DRSG MAXORB II 4X4IN ALG ABS | $17.00 | $17.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Madison · Huntsville, AL DRSG MAXORB II 4X4IN ALG ABS | $17.00 | $17.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Sed Rate Automated | $21.00 | $28.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC RBC Sed Rate, Auto - Sedimentation Rate, Automated | $23.64 | $54.98 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC RBC Sed Rate, Auto - Sedimentation Rate, Automated | $23.64 | $54.98 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Russellville Hospital Russellville · Russellville, AL SED RATE AUTO | $28.34 | $109.00 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL Sedimentation Rate | $29.15 | $53.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL RED BLOOD CELL SEDIMENTATION RATE; TO DETECT INFLAMMATION; AUTOMATED | $30.89 | $77.23 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE | $32.31 | $49.71 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $43.50 | $241.64 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital West Decatur · Decatur, AL SED RATE AUTOMATED | $45.00 | $45.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL SED RATE AUTOMATED | $45.00 | $45.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Parkway Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL SED RATE AUTOMATED | $45.00 | $45.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center South Montgomery · Montgomery, AL SED RATE | $51.60 | $86.00 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC RBC SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $56.00 | $112.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Choctaw General Butler · Butler, AL HC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $57.76 | $76.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $105.02 | $875.15 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Center North Guntersville · Albertville, AL LAB-SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $120.00 | $120.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Centers Boaz · Albertville, AL LAB-SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $120.00 | $120.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 4 | $4.65 | $22.32 |
| Decatur, AL | 3 | $45.00 | $45.00 |
| Huntsville, AL | 3 | $16.57 | $17.00 |
| Albertville, AL | 2 | $120.00 | $120.00 |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | $13.80 | $22.34 |
| Russellville, AL | 2 | $15.00 | $21.67 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $29.15 | $29.15 |
| Butler, AL | 1 | $57.76 | $57.76 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $56.00 | $56.00 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $43.50 | $43.50 |
| Evergreen, AL | 1 | $32.31 | $32.31 |
| Enterprise, AL | 1 | $7.87 | $7.87 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 1 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $105.02 | $105.02 |
| Hamilton, AL | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Luverne, AL | 1 | $16.64 | $16.64 |
| Mobile, AL | 1 | $6.70 | $6.70 |
| Montgomery, AL | 1 | $51.60 | $51.60 |
| Wedowee, AL | 1 | $12.80 | $12.80 |
| Winfield, AL | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What sed rate (ESR) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sed rate (ESR) explained.
Sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) in other states
- Alaska$64.00
- Arizona$63.18
- Arkansas$22.80
- California$56.00
- Colorado$58.30
- Connecticut$28.90
- Delaware$37.00
- District of Columbia$23.14, 2 hospitals
- Florida$110.24
- Georgia$33.06
- Hawaii$52.50
- Idaho$20.15
- Illinois$48.40
- Indiana$38.98
- Iowa$36.83
- Kansas$32.40
- Kentucky$38.40
- Louisiana$18.17
- Maine$29.58
- Maryland$13.48
- Massachusetts$13.06
- Michigan$24.00
- Minnesota$38.94
- Mississippi$38.55
- Missouri$34.40
- Montana$42.38
- Nebraska$52.50
- Nevada$55.00
- New Hampshire$36.27
- New Jersey$15.50
- New Mexico$43.50
- New York$24.77
- North Carolina$75.65
- North Dakota$30.85
- Ohio$37.93
- Oklahoma$24.57
- Oregon$28.08
- Pennsylvania$21.63
- Puerto Rico$140.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$19.95, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$54.50
- South Dakota$69.60
- Tennessee$17.68
- Texas$61.80
- Utah$55.76
- Vermont$42.00
- Virginia$57.50
- Washington$35.75
- West Virginia$16.75
- Wisconsin$41.60
- Wyoming$31.70
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.