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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Arizona rates for HCPCS 84437

Measures thyroxine, the main hormone made by the thyroid gland, in blood that has been dried onto a filter paper card. The sample has to be soaked back out of the paper before it can be measured. This is the form used for newborn screening, where a few drops from a heel prick are collected on a card.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot cost?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$5.25$4.37 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$7.08 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $43
$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $5

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
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.46

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Arizona· 46th of 51

$5.25

NE $15.49DC $4.79

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.