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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Indiana 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $5.01 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$3.47$2.09 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$4.68 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $3

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
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.03
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
$1.91
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.66

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$4.07

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.