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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Georgia 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$5.37$4.27 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.46 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $20Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $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
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$13.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$23.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.12

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$6.03

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.