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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 July 2026.

How much does Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 8 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 $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$35.48 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $33 to $200Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $17 to $74
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $52professional $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
$33.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$33.11

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.