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Vitamin B12 Absorption Test With Stomach Protein

Illinois rates for HCPCS 78271

This covers a nuclear medicine test that uses a small amount of radioactive vitamin B12 combined with a stomach protein called intrinsic factor, which the body normally needs to absorb B12. Measuring how much of this combined tracer is absorbed helps doctors determine whether a B12 absorption problem is caused by a lack of intrinsic factor, such as in pernicious anemia, or by another cause in the intestine. This test is used to help investigate low vitamin B12 levels.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vitamin B12 Absorption Test With Stomach Protein cost?

$251

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $372.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $776Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $30 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $126

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Texas than in South Carolina. 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.

Illinois· 12th of 31

$251

TX $427SC $30.20

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.