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TSH test (thyroid) in Detroit, MI costs $16 to $106. Here's every hospital's price.

18 hospitals in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 18 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $16 at Lake Huron Medical Center, the median is $60 and the highest is $106 at Surgeons Choice Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 6.6 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Detroit, MI median of $60 is 31% above the national median of $46 across 571 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1 to $188. 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 September 2026. 18 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.

$16
lowest cash price in Detroit, MI
Lake Huron Medical Center · 42 mi
$44 below the median
$60
median cash price
18 hospitals
6.6×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
18/36
hospitals with a cash price
18 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Lake Huron Medical Center

Port Huron · 42 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $212
2
Garden City Hospital

Garden City · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $212
3
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

Clinton Township · 14 mi · File Jun 2026

$23
list $113
4
Henry Ford Health Hospital

Detroit · 25 mi · File Jun 2026

$23
list $113
5
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical Center

Wyandotte · 35 mi · File Jun 2026

$23
list $113
6
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital

W Bloomfield · 16 mi · File Jun 2026

$23
list $113
7
Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital

Warren · 18 mi · File Jan 2026

$31
list $56 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Karmanos Cancer Center

Detroit · 27 mi · File Dec 2025

$45
list $90 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Sinai-Grace Hospital

Detroit · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$60
list $80 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Harper University Hospital

Detroit · 27 mi · File Sep 2026

$60
list $80 · lowest of 2 lines
11
Detroit Receiving Hospital

Detroit · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$60
list $80 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital

Commerce Township · 18 mi · File May 2026

$60
list $80 · lowest of 2 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 Detroit, MI without a price for this procedure

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

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