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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Massachusetts 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 9 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 $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$20.42 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $43
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $35professional $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
$13.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$64.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$43.65
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$16.22

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.