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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Kansas 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 6 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$4.47$4.37 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$9.12 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $5 to $63Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $4

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
$6.03
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 41st of 51

$5.50

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.