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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$14.79 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$63.10 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $27 to $162Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $102professional $25

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
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
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
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$35.48

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.