Skip to main content
PricedCare

TSH test (thyroid) in Austin, TX costs $23 to $320. Here's every hospital's price.

13 hospitals in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area publish a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, 13 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $23 at Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital, the median is $45 and the highest is $320 at Ascension Seton Cedar Park. The most expensive hospital lists 14 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Austin, TX median of $45 is in line with the national median of $46 across 581 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

13 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $8 to $400. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and June 2026. 11 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$23
lowest cash price in Austin, TX
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital · 9 mi
$21 below the median
$45
median cash price
13 hospitals
14×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
13/24
hospitals with a cash price
11 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital

Austin · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$23
list $65 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

Taylor · 28 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $60 · lowest of 20 lines
3
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock

Round Rock · 22 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $60 · lowest of 80 lines
4
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville

Pflugerville · 14 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $60 · lowest of 20 lines
5
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda

Buda · 16 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $60 · lowest of 70 lines
6
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin

Austin · 11 mi · File Jun 2026

$36
list $60 · lowest of 120 lines
7
Ascension Seton Hays

Kyle · 21 mi · File Jan 2026

$45
list $125 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

Austin · 7 mi · File Jan 2026

$47
list $130 · lowest of 4 lines
9
Ascension Seton Southwest

Austin · 14 mi · File Jan 2026

$47
list $130 · lowest of 4 lines
10
Ascension Seton Northwest

Austin · 12 mi · File Jan 2026

$47
list $130 · lowest of 4 lines
11
Ascension Seton Smithville

Smithville · 35 mi · File Jan 2026

$47
list $130 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis

Luling · 40 mi · File Jan 2026

$62
list $173 · lowest of 4 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 84443. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 84443, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About tsh test (thyroid)

CPT 84443 measures thyroid-stimulating hormone, the standard first test for an underactive or overactive thyroid. It is ordered for fatigue, weight change, palpitations, hair loss and to monitor thyroid medication. One blood draw, results in a day.

What the price covers

The laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge. If TSH is abnormal, follow-up tests (free T4, T3) are separate codes.

Why prices vary

TSH runs on the same automated analyzers as any chemistry test and costs a laboratory very little. Hospital list prices range from under $20 to several hundred dollars, and hospital cash prices are commonly ten times what an independent laboratory charges.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 84443 and the draw fee?
  • Will free T4 be added automatically if TSH is abnormal, and what does it cost?
  • Can this be done at an outside laboratory?

Hospitals in Austin, TX without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask