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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82248

This blood test measures the level of direct (conjugated) bilirubin, a substance produced when the body breaks down red blood cells and processes it through the liver. It helps distinguish different causes of jaundice or liver problems. It's often ordered alongside a total bilirubin test.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$4.57 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$4.37 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $4 to $83Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.22
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$32.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$40.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 20th of 51

$8.51

WV $40.74WY $4.57

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.