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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 8 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$11.75$11.22 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$17.38 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $12 to $76Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$12.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$33.88
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$34.67
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$42.66
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$13.49

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.