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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 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$4.57$4.37 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$33.11 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $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
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$9.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$22.39
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 43rd 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.