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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 July 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 7 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$28.18$28.18 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$30.90 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $28 to $200Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $47
$10$20$50$100$200facility $89professional $28

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
$28.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$31.62

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.