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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Mississippi 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 4 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$15.85$11.22 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$14.79 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $16

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
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$29.51

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$16.60

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.