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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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.27$2.63 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.01$4.27 to $7.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $4

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
$4.27
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.08
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
$2.04
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.02

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$4.27

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.