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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Iowa 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$8.71$5.01 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$9.55 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $7 to $977Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32
$10$100$1Kfacility $34professional $9

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
$7.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$39.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$12.02

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.