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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Arkansas 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 7 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$7.76$4.17 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$7.76 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $56Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$2$10$50$200facility $13professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.94
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.51

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$7.76

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.