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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$22.91$14.79 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$28.18 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $25 to $162Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $23

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$35.48

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$27.54

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.