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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Idaho 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$13.49 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$14.45 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $63Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50facility $26professional $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
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$53.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 19th of 51

$16.60

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.