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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

South Dakota 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$23.44$11.22 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$26.30 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $16 to $28Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $23

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
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$27.54

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.