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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$24.55$18.20 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$41.69 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $87Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50
$20$50$100facility $50professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
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
$26.30
Typical High
$61.66
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
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 29th of 51

$32.36

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.