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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 5 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$17.38 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$35.48 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $29 to $135Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $44professional $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
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$48.98

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$28.84

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.