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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test

CPT 84443the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures the pituitary hormone that signals the thyroid gland to make hormone.

Hospitals typically charge $76 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,394 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $81. Most fall between $27 and $155 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,394
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,394 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$17$34$76$138$239

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($17 vs $239).

How the prices are spread

$11 – $16: 144 hospitals$11$16 – $23: 247 hospitals$23 – $32: 252 hospitals$23$32 – $46: 285 hospitals$46 – $65: 340 hospitals$46$65 – $92: 517 hospitals$92 – $130: 507 hospitals$92$130 – $185: 402 hospitals$185 – $262: 227 hospitals$185$262 – $372: 135 hospitals$262median $76price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,056 of 3,394 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$11$16144
$16$23247
$23$32252
$32$46285
$46$65340
$65$92517
$92$130507
$130$185402
$185$262227
$262$372135

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $76.

Alaska: median $146 across 19 hospitalsAK$146Maine: median $76 across 28 hospitalsME$76Vermont: median $151 across 14 hospitalsVT$151New Hampshire: median $94 across 25 hospitalsNH$94Washington: median $85 across 76 hospitalsWA$85Idaho: median $75 across 25 hospitalsID$75Montana: median $78 across 34 hospitalsMT$78North Dakota: median $105 across 33 hospitalsND$105Minnesota: median $64 across 107 hospitalsMN$64Illinois: median $130 across 148 hospitalsIL$130Wisconsin: median $99 across 108 hospitalsWI$99Michigan: median $58 across 89 hospitalsMI$58New York: median $61 across 120 hospitalsNY$61Massachusetts: median $111 across 54 hospitalsMA$111Oregon: median $71 across 51 hospitalsOR$71Nevada: median $87 across 22 hospitalsNV$87Wyoming: median $71 across 16 hospitalsWY$71South Dakota: median $129 across 41 hospitalsSD$129Iowa: median $88 across 91 hospitalsIA$88Indiana: median $66 across 94 hospitalsIN$66Ohio: median $75 across 143 hospitalsOH$75Pennsylvania: median $70 across 122 hospitalsPA$70New Jersey: median $19 across 57 hospitalsNJ$19Connecticut: median $79 across 23 hospitalsCT$79Rhode Island: median $107 across 10 hospitalsRI$107California: median $65 across 158 hospitalsCA$65Utah: median $88 across 43 hospitalsUT$88Colorado: median $73 across 72 hospitalsCO$73Nebraska: median $110 across 83 hospitalsNE$110Missouri: median $48 across 77 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: median $80 across 69 hospitalsKY$80West Virginia: median $50 across 43 hospitalsWV$50Virginia: median $98 across 73 hospitalsVA$98Maryland: median $41 across 42 hospitalsMD$41Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $95 across 42 hospitalsAZ$95New Mexico: median $118 across 30 hospitalsNM$118Kansas: median $72 across 92 hospitalsKS$72Arkansas: median $40 across 40 hospitalsAR$40Tennessee: median $34 across 82 hospitalsTN$34North Carolina: median $90 across 85 hospitalsNC$90South Carolina: median $140 across 53 hospitalsSC$140Oklahoma: median $57 across 73 hospitalsOK$57Louisiana: median $45 across 50 hospitalsLA$45Mississippi: median $34 across 54 hospitalsMS$34Alabama: median $55 across 44 hospitalsAL$55Georgia: median $66 across 108 hospitalsGA$66Hawaii: median $111 across 21 hospitalsHI$111Texas: median $111 across 249 hospitalsTX$111Florida: median $134 across 154 hospitalsFL$134
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $76. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Vermont VT14$151+98%$96 – $224
Alaska AK19$146+91%$16 – $257
South Carolina SC53$140+84%$60 – $159
Florida FL154$134+77%$20 – $945
Illinois IL148$130+71%$39 – $202
South Dakota SD41$129+69%$82 – $213
New Mexico NM30$118+55%$57 – $144
Massachusetts MA54$111+46%$43 – $163
Texas TX249$111+46%$36 – $345
Hawaii HI21$111+45%$64 – $147
Nebraska NE83$110+45%$68 – $136
Rhode Island RI10$107+41%$39 – $156
North Dakota ND33$105+38%$30 – $131
Wisconsin WI108$99+30%$27 – $173
Virginia VA73$98+28%$29 – $174
Arizona AZ42$95+25%$24 – $376
New Hampshire NH25$94+24%$60 – $211
North Carolina NC85$90+18%$29 – $138
Utah UT43$88+16%$75 – $135
Iowa IA91$88+15%$33 – $133
Nevada NV22$87+15%$51 – $289
Washington WA76$85+12%$34 – $129
Kentucky KY69$80+5%$38 – $184
Connecticut CT23$79+4%$67 – $101
Montana MT34$78+3%$30 – $110
Maine ME28$760%$36 – $192
Idaho ID25$75−1%$60 – $85
Ohio OH143$75−1%$42 – $120
Colorado CO72$73−4%$20 – $148
Kansas KS92$72−5%$30 – $115
Wyoming WY16$71−6%$34 – $123
Oregon OR51$71−7%$51 – $116
Pennsylvania PA122$70−8%$25 – $197
Indiana IN94$66−14%$22 – $111
Georgia GA108$66−14%$39 – $157
California CA158$65−14%$15 – $218
Minnesota MN107$64−16%$29 – $127
New York NY120$61−20%$23 – $170
Michigan MI89$58−24%$28 – $84
Oklahoma OK73$57−25%$22 – $118
Alabama AL44$55−27%$22 – $141
West Virginia WV43$50−34%$12 – $144
Missouri MO77$48−37%$16 – $119
Louisiana LA50$45−41%$27 – $88
Maryland MD42$41−46%$32 – $49
Arkansas AR40$40−47%$9 – $65
Mississippi MS54$34−55%$15 – $71
Tennessee TN82$34−56%$16 – $109
New Jersey NJ57$19−75%$18 – $57
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $76.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,315$72$25 – $162
Children’s66$91$27 – $175
Critical access1,004$86$35 – $140
Ownership
For-profit475$118$36 – $492
Government645$82$30 – $137
Non-profit2,265$73$26 – $143
System affiliation
Part of a system2,737$78$27 – $162
Independent657$73$29 – $132

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$129
Median cash price$76
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,293 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $77 and the average of the middle 60% is $81; most fall between $29 and $153.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,293 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$18$36$77$135$217

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $217).

Of the 2,551 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,293 gave a usable cash price; 145 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 113 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,394 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (86%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,737 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,394
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here206
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded136
Hospitals that filed this code3,737

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Occ Hlth Lab - Tsh, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test (CPT 84443) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84443-thyroid-stimulating-hormone-tsh-blood-test