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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Ohio 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 8 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$3.89 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$6.46 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14
$5$10$20facility $9professional $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
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.41
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.30
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.92
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$12.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.76
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.12

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$6.17

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.