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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $10.23 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 9 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$5.75 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$6.76 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$42.66
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$17.78
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.59
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$11.75

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 27th 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.