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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Nebraska 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$4.68$4.27 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$12.88 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $6 to $78Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $43
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$9.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$12.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$15.49

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.