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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$23.44 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$45.71 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $35 to $275Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $234
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $83professional $28

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$72.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$52.48

AK $79.43RI $26.30

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.