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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Pennsylvania 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$28.84$28.18 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$52.48 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $30 to $195Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $28 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $29

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
$30.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$85.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$51.29
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$89.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 8th of 51

$50.12

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.