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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 October 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$35.48$21.38 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$35.48 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $20 to $93Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85
$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $35

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
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st 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.