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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Maine 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 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 6 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 $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$14.45 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $145Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$64.57
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$14.45

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.