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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$13.80$8.71 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.45 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $34Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.05

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 51

$15.85

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.