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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Virginia 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$3.02 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$5.01 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $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
$3.80
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.25
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.95

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$4.68

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.