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Vitamin B-12 Binding Capacity Blood Test

Washington 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 9 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$13.49$12.88 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$15.14 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $13

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
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$95.50
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$17.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$25.70

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 27th of 51

$15.14

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.