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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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 8 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$4.57$3.72 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$6.76 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $93Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $9professional $5

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
$4.57
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$18.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$6.17

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.