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TSH test (thyroid) in Chicago, IL-IN costs $15 to $286. Here's every hospital's price.

34 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 34 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $15 at Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange, the median is $56 and the highest is $286 at Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago. The most expensive hospital lists 19 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $56 is 21% above the national median of $46 across 571 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

33 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $3 to $8,500. 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 2025 and August 2026. 46 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.

$15
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange · 3 mi
$41 below the median
$56
median cash price
34 hospitals
19×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
34/82
hospitals with a cash price
46 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange

La Grange · 3 mi · File Apr 2026

$15
list $59 · lowest of 16 lines
2
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale

Hinsdale · 5 mi · File Apr 2026

$15
list $59 · lowest of 16 lines
3
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks

Glendale Heights · 16 mi · File Apr 2026

$15
list $59 · lowest of 16 lines
4
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook

Bolingbrook · 14 mi · File Apr 2026

$15
list $59 · lowest of 16 lines
5
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Elgin · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 16 lines
6
Advocate Trinity Hospital

Chicago · 14 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 12 lines
7
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Chicago · 16 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 16 lines
8
Advocate Condell Medical Center

Libertyville · 36 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 16 lines
9
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center

Oak Lawn · 6 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 32 lines
10
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge · 19 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 12 lines
11
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Downers Grove · 10 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 12 lines
12
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Barrington · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

$25
list $50 · lowest of 12 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 Chicago, IL-IN 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