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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Nevada 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$10.72 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$12.02 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$11.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 45th of 51

$12.02

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.