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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Rhode Island 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 4 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$6.76$4.79 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$8.32 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $42Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20facility $19professional $7

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
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$7.41

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.