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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Arizona 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$11.48$9.55 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$15.49 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $11 to $62Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $95
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $11

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
$16.98
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.85

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$12.02

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.