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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$12.30$10.96 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$21.38 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $14 to $195Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $40
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $32professional $12

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
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$39.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.22
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$16.98

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.