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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Montana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$18.62$16.60 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$17.78 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $129Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $95
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $25professional $19

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$81.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$20.42

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.