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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

South Dakota 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 6 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$10.72$5.01 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$11.75 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $11

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
$4.57
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$9.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.22
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$12.30

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.