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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Michigan 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.79$2.09 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$5.13 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $44Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $5

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
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.46

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$5.13

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.