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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

West Virginia 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 5 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$4.79 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$5.37 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$43.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.12

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$5.37

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.