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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Vitamin B12 binding capacity blood test

CPT 82608the billing code this page is about

Measures how much unused vitamin B12 carrying capacity is present in the blood, rather than the vitamin B12 level itself.

Hospitals typically charge $55 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,328 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $61. Most fall between $24 and $134 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,328
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,328 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$16$28$55$111$199

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($16 vs $199).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $19: 117 hospitals$14$19 – $25: 99 hospitals$25 – $34: 149 hospitals$25$34 – $46: 131 hospitals$46 – $63: 167 hospitals$46$63 – $85: 153 hospitals$85 – $116: 157 hospitals$85$116 – $157: 85 hospitals$157 – $213: 88 hospitals$157$213 – $289: 52 hospitals$213median $55price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,198 of 1,328 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$19117
$19$2599
$25$34149
$34$46131
$46$63167
$63$85153
$85$116157
$116$15785
$157$21388
$213$28952

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $55.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $44 across 13 hospitalsME$44Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $48 across 21 hospitalsWA$48Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $72 across 15 hospitalsMN$72Illinois: median $98 across 72 hospitalsIL$98Wisconsin: median $72 across 55 hospitalsWI$72Michigan: median $18 across 33 hospitalsMI$18New York: median $35 across 62 hospitalsNY$35Massachusetts: median $114 across 18 hospitalsMA$114Oregon: median $34 across 15 hospitalsOR$34Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 17 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $69 across 58 hospitalsIN$69Ohio: median $64 across 95 hospitalsOH$64Pennsylvania: median $43 across 57 hospitalsPA$43New Jersey: median $16 across 33 hospitalsNJ$16Connecticut: median $61 across 10 hospitalsCT$61Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $38 across 70 hospitalsCA$38Utah: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $87 across 27 hospitalsCO$87Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $72 across 28 hospitalsMO$72Kentucky: median $77 across 31 hospitalsKY$77West Virginia: median $11 across 12 hospitalsWV$11Virginia: median $76 across 33 hospitalsVA$76Maryland: median $48 across 13 hospitalsMD$48Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $55 across 12 hospitalsAZ$55New Mexico: median $55 across 10 hospitalsNM$55Kansas: median $178 across 14 hospitalsKS$178Arkansas: median $39 across 10 hospitalsAR$39Tennessee: median $25 across 20 hospitalsTN$25North Carolina: median $109 across 35 hospitalsNC$109South Carolina: median $60 across 11 hospitalsSC$60Oklahoma: median $43 across 33 hospitalsOK$43Louisiana: median $33 across 26 hospitalsLA$33Mississippi: median $49 across 17 hospitalsMS$49Alabama: median $45 across 17 hospitalsAL$45Georgia: median $49 across 61 hospitalsGA$49Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $71 across 118 hospitalsTX$71Florida: median $31 across 81 hospitalsFL$31
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $55. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kansas KS14$178+221%$61 – $222
Massachusetts MA18$114+106%$83 – $164
North Carolina NC35$109+97%$24 – $180
Illinois IL72$98+76%$54 – $164
Colorado CO27$87+57%$71 – $393
Kentucky KY31$77+39%$34 – $179
Virginia VA33$76+36%$35 – $176
Minnesota MN15$72+31%$66 – $89
Wisconsin WI55$72+31%$31 – $153
Missouri MO28$72+30%$31 – $375
Texas TX118$71+28%$26 – $227
Indiana IN58$69+24%$20 – $145
Ohio OH95$64+16%$35 – $185
Iowa IA17$64+16%$64 – $64
Connecticut CT10$61+10%$40 – $76
South Carolina SC11$60+8%$45 – $81
Arizona AZ12$55−2%$25 – $156
New Mexico NM10$55−2%$34 – $99
Georgia GA61$49−11%$29 – $112
Mississippi MS17$49−12%$29 – $55
Washington WA21$48−13%$31 – $78
Maryland MD13$48−13%$37 – $72
Alabama AL17$45−18%$18 – $79
Maine ME13$44−20%$30 – $67
Pennsylvania PA57$43−22%$14 – $141
Oklahoma OK33$43−23%$26 – $86
Arkansas AR10$39−30%$38 – $48
California CA70$38−31%$14 – $111
New York NY62$35−37%$16 – $82
Oregon OR15$34−38%$24 – $59
Louisiana LA26$33−40%$23 – $94
Florida FL81$31−44%$17 – $52
Tennessee TN20$25−55%$19 – $46
Michigan MI33$18−67%$10 – $58
New Jersey NJ33$16−72%$14 – $32
West Virginia WV12$11−81%$11 – $58
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $55.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,066$53$22 – $120
Children’s20$51$25 – $91
Critical access236$64$34 – $153
Ownership
For-profit191$76$28 – $248
Government150$49$23 – $122
Non-profit981$55$24 – $114
System affiliation
Part of a system1,164$56$24 – $137
Independent164$54$25 – $110

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$99
Median cash price$55
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

941 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $58 and the average of the middle 60% is $63; most fall between $26 and $124.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 941 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$18$31$58$110$183

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $183).

Of the 1,035 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 941 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,328 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,443 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,328
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded53
Hospitals that filed this code1,443

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as B-12 BINDING CAPACITY.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Vitamin B12 binding capacity blood test (CPT 82608) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-82608-vitamin-b12-binding-capacity-blood-test