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Biotinidase Enzyme Blood Test

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 82261

A blood test that measures the activity of biotinidase, an enzyme the body needs to recycle the vitamin biotin. It is used mainly in newborn screening to detect biotinidase deficiency, a rare inherited condition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biotinidase Enzyme Blood Test cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$12.59$12.59 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$20.42 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $13 to $117Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $59
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$28.84

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$12.59

NE $39.81DC $12.59

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.