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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

South Carolina 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 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$11.22$11.22 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$19.95 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $11 to $148Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$11.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$12.59

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.