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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Colorado 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 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$5.01$4.79 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$8.71 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $5 to $30Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $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
$4.90
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$6.17

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.