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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$14.13 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$33.11 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $26 to $126Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$10$20$50$100$200facility $66professional $20

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
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$35.48

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 46th 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.