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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $95.50 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 6 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$33.11 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$35.48 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $35 to $257Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $56
$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th 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.