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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Connecticut 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$2.57 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.89 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $3

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$8.71
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
$2.04
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 33rd of 51

$5.01

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.