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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Colorado 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$4.37$3.80 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$12.30 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $5 to $155Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $4

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
$5.25
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.68

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$9.33

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.