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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Washington, DC 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 5 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$3.80$3.80 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$11.48 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $4 to $85Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $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
$3.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$8.51

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 10th of 51

$11.48

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.