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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84586

Measures vasoactive intestinal peptide, a hormone made in the gut and nervous system that makes the intestine pour out water and salt. A high level explains large-volume watery diarrhea that carries on even when a person is not eating. It is used to look for a rare hormone-producing tumor.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$14.79 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$18.20 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $18 to $30Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $19professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$18.62

AK $79.43KY $18.62

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.