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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Maryland 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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 6 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$4.79$4.68 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$4.27 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20facility $5professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$25.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$16.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.77

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$4.79

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.