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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Minnesota 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$5.01$4.47 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$22.39 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $10 to $87Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $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
$10.47
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.75
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$30.90

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.