Sed rate (ESR) cost in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, 29 hospitals publish a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $4.50 to $102.00, with a median of $13.06. The lowest price is at Southcoast Hospitals Group (Fall River) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 22.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $13.06, is 66% below the US median of $38.00.
- That is 4.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.70).
- Massachusetts has the lowest median of 49 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 15 of 29 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 Oct 17, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$4.50Southcoast Hospitals Group + 2 more
Median$13.06half of hospitals charge less
Highest$102.00in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$8.56vs the median
Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southcoast Hospitals Group lowest Fall River · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $4.50 | $9.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital lowest St. New Bedford · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $4.50 | $9.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - Tobey Hospital Campus lowest Wareham · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $4.50 | $9.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Boston Medical Center South Brockton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $4.53 | $10.06 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $5.15 | $11.45 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC RBC Sed Rate Auto - Sedimentation Rate Automa | $6.30 | $9.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC RBC Sed Rate Auto - Sedimentation Rate Automa | $6.30 | $9.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC RBC Sed Rate Auto - Sedimentation Rate Automa | $6.30 | $9.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mercy Hospital Springfield · Springfield, MA HC Labcorp Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated | $7.15 | $11.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH RBC SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $7.70 | $11.00 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg Sedimentation Rate RBC Automated | $9.00 | $20.00 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $10.00 | $10.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC AUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $10.06 | $10.06 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $11.00 | $11.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC AUTOM ERYTHROCYTE SED RATE | $13.06 | $13.06 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA Rbc Sed Rate Automated | $17.00 | $17.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster · Worcester, MA HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated | $18.00 | $18.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $32.00 | $32.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield · Pittsfield, MA ESR Automated | $32.60 | $34.32 | Oct 9, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Hospital Great Barrington · Pittsfield, MA ESR Automated | $32.60 | $34.32 | Oct 7, 2026 source file |
| North Adams Regional Hospital North Adams · Pittsfield, MA ESR Automated | $32.60 | $34.32 | Oct 9, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $34.00 | $34.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $38.00 | $38.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $43.00 | $43.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $51.00 | $51.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $58.00 | $58.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital Southbridge · Worcester, MA HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated | $64.00 | $64.00 | Apr 3, 2026 source file |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA HC Sedimentation Rate Erythrocyte Automated | $89.00 | $89.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG SEDIMENTATION RATE RBC AUTOMATED | $102.00 | $102.00 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 17 | $4.50 | $10.00 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 4 | $4.50 | $7.28 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 3 | $32.60 | $32.60 |
| Worcester, MA | 3 | $18.00 | $64.00 |
| Springfield, MA | 2 | $7.15 | $12.08 |
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
- Alabama$23.64
- 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
- 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.