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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Kentucky 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$4.37$3.98 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$9.55 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $4 to $115Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$4.37
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$5.01

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.