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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$10.72$10.23 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$14.45 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $83Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $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
$13.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.14

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd 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.