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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Idaho 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$6.46$6.03 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$6.46 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $29Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20facility $12professional $6

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
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$24.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$10.72

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$7.41

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.