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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

New Mexico 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$10.72$10.72 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$21.38 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $13 to $145Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $95
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $46professional $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
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 11th of 51

$17.38

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.