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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$26.30$23.44 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$23.44 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $49Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $39
$20$50facility $26professional $26

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$26.30

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.