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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 8 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$30.20$9.12 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $135Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$10$100$1Kfacility $30professional $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
$7.41
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$8.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.47
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.25

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$7.76

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.