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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$18.20 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$35.48 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $33 to $170Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $51professional $25

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
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$81.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$28.18

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.