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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Michigan 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$13.49$10.96 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$13.49 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20facility $13professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 34th of 51

$13.49

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.