TSH test (thyroid) in Charlotte, NC-SC costs $138 to $187. Here's every hospital's price.
3 hospitals in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, 3 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $138 at Caromont Regional Medical Center, the median is $173 and the highest is $187 at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast.
The Charlotte, NC-SC median of $173 is 188% above the national median of $60 across 1475 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
3 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $10 to $344. 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 December 2025 and May 2026. 16 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyGastonia · 21 mi · File May 2026
Mooresville · 27 mi · File Apr 2026
Concord · 22 mi · File Dec 2025
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 84443. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Charlotte, NC-SC without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Atrium Health AnsonFile in an unsupported format
- Atrium Health LincolnFile in an unsupported format
- Atrium Health PinevilleFile in an unsupported format
- Atrium Health UnionFile in an unsupported format
- Atrium Health University CityFile could not be read
- Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthFile could not be read
- Iredell Memorial Hospital INCWebsite blocks automated reading
- Musc Health Chester Medical CenterFile in an unsupported format
- Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterFile in an unsupported format
- Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterNo website on record
- Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Piedmont Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading