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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$28.18$20.42 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$37.15 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $33 to $135Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78
$20$50$100$200facility $71professional $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
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$67.61
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$147.91
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 25th 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.