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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.07$2.57 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$7.08 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $7Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.07
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$5.75

VT $33.88MD $3.80

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.