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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Maryland 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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$3.80$3.16 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$3.31 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10facility $4professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
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
$1.86
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$3.80

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.