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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

North Carolina 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$5.13$5.13 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.62 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $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
$6.17
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$5.13

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.