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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

North Dakota 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 5 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$23.99$13.49 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$10.00 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $24

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$21.88

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.