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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Tennessee 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$4.37$3.80 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$14.13 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $4 to $76Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $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
$4.27
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$12.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$5.50

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.