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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Rhode Island 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 4 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$5.01$3.80 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$15.14 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $6 to $74Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$10$50$200facility $32professional $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
$15.14
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.00

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$8.13

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.