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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 4 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$14.79$10.72 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$19.50 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $15

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
$23.44
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$16.60

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.