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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$18.62 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$18.20 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $16 to $107Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $54
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $26

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$58.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 49th of 51

$26.30

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.