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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Kansas 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$35.48$21.38 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$60.26 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $49 to $93Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $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
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
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
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.41

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$60.26

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.