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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Louisiana 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$5.37$4.37 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$6.46 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $66Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$5.62
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$7.08

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$6.03

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.