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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Maine 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 7 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$5.01$4.07 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$6.61 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $5 to $85Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $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
$5.01
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.24
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$91.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.23

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 30th of 51

$6.46

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.