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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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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$5.01$3.02 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$6.03 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.76
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
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.15

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th of 51

$6.03

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.