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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Massachusetts 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $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 9 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$35.48$30.90 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$47.86 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $32 to $186Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $83professional $35

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
$18.20
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$85.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$213.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$91.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$81.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$213.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$79.43

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$35.48

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.