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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Missouri 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$5.89$4.37 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$6.92 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $65Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $6

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
$5.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.76

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$8.71

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.