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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

North Dakota 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 5 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$6.03$4.47 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$23.99 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $5 to $45Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $38
$5$10$20$50facility $29professional $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
$4.68
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 24th of 51

$7.59

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.