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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Georgia 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$23.44$17.38 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$35.48 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $28 to $123Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $69
$10$20$50$100facility $48professional $23

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$131.83
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
$25.70
Typical High
$74.13
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
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.92

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$30.90

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.