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Biotinidase Enzyme Blood Test

Montana 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 6 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$22.91$19.50 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$22.39 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $21 to $76Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $112
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $27professional $23

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
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.44

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$24.55

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.