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Biotinidase Enzyme Blood Test

Utah 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$15.85$12.88 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$33.88 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $81professional $16

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
$19.50
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$32.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$75.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 19th of 51

$19.50

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.