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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$14.45$10.96 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$14.45 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $11 to $42Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $95
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $14

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
$10.96
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th 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.