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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Blood Test

Washington 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$22.91 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$38.90 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $98Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $15 to $43
$20$50$100facility $52professional $32

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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$97.72
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.51

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 26th of 51

$33.11

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.