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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 7 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$10.96$10.47 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$19.05 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $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
$9.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$14.45

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 37th of 51

$13.49

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.