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Biotinidase Enzyme Blood Test

New Mexico 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$16.98$12.59 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$25.12 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $15 to $141Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $112
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $54professional $17

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
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 14th of 51

$20.42

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.