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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 7 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$5.01$4.07 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$10.72 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $7 to $93Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $39professional $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
$7.24
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.01

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 11th 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.