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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Georgia 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$2.45 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$5.01 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50facility $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
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$9.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.47
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
$1.66
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 41st of 51

$4.68

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.