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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

South 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 6 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$4.07$3.89 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$15.14 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $5 to $100Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $48professional $4

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
$4.37
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.08

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$23.99

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.