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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$38.90$26.92 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$42.66 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $35 to $129Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $55
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $48professional $39

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
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $42.66 · 15th of 51
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.