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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

North Carolina 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 8 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$5.50$4.37 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$15.49 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $5 to $76Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$20$100$500facility $38professional $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
$4.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 6th of 51

$14.13

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.