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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82608

A blood test that measures how much more vitamin B-12 the carrier proteins in the blood are still able to take up. It is used alongside a direct vitamin B-12 measurement when a result needs further explanation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$42.66$26.30 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$12.88 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $14 to $58
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $43

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
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$45.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$154.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Alaska· 25th of 51

$15.14

SD $27.54MD $10.72

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.