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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

New Jersey 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$3.72$3.39 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$5.75 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $389Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $13professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.47
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$4.47

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.