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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Arizona 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$18.62 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$33.88 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $23 to $162Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35
$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $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
$26.92
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$29.51

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.