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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 July 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 5 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$26.30$26.30 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$33.11 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $26 to $195Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $26

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
$26.30
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$44.67

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$27.54

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.