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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$7.08 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$11.75 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $91Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$11.75
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$11.48

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.