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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$9.33 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.79 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $66Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$12.88

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.