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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Utah 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$6.03$5.01 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$8.13 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $7 to $58Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $30professional $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
$8.13
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$12.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$28.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$9.12

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 26th of 51

$6.92

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.