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TSH test (thyroid) in Los Angeles, CA costs $1 to $323. Here's every hospital's price.

43 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 43 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $1 at UCI Health - Los Alamitos, the median is $18 and the highest is $323 at Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 218 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $18 is 70% below the national median of $60 across 1626 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

46 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $2 to $14,761. 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 November 2025 and September 2026. 54 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.

$1
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
UCI Health - Los Alamitos · 22 mi
$17 below the median
$18
median cash price
43 hospitals
218×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
43/100
hospitals with a cash price
54 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCI Health - Los Alamitos

Los Alamitos · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$1
list $4 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Community Hospital of Huntington Park

Huntington Park · 9 mi · File Feb 2026

$4
list $4 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Memorial Hospital of Gardena

Gardena · 16 mi · File Feb 2026

$4
list $4 · lowest of 8 lines
4
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

Los Angeles · 6 mi · File Feb 2026

$4
list $4 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Coast Plaza Hospital

Norwalk · 14 mi · File Feb 2026

$4
list $4 · lowest of 8 lines
6
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $9 · lowest of 39 lines
7
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $9 · lowest of 10 lines
8
Providence Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo · 48 mi · File Apr 2026

$4
list $9 · lowest of 10 lines
9
UCI Health-Orange

Orange · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$9
list $23 · lowest of 5 lines
10
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Nov 2025

$13
list $21 · lowest of 123 lines
11
Saint Francis Medical Center

Lynwood · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $321
12
Encino Hospital Medical Center

Encino · 18 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $186 · 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 Los Angeles, CA 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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