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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

New Hampshire 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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 5 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$6.17$4.17 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$12.30 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$9.12
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 6th of 51

$9.77

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.