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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Arkansas 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 4 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$11.75$11.22 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$16.22 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $16 to $31Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20facility $22professional $12

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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 14th of 51

$17.38

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.