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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$11.48$11.48 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$12.59 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $65Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $11

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
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$11.48

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.