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Blood Test For Direct Bilirubin

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 5 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$5.50$4.57 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$38.90 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $30 to $87Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.49

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 42nd 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.