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TSH test (thyroid) in Minneapolis, MN-WI costs $16 to $31. Here's every hospital's price.

11 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, 11 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $16 at Buffalo Hospital, the median is $29 and the highest is $31 at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 2.0 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Minneapolis, MN-WI median of $29 is 37% below the national median of $46 across 571 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

12 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6 to $147. 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. 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 Minneapolis, MN-WI
Buffalo Hospital · 30 mi
$13 below the median
$29
median cash price
11 hospitals
2.0×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
11/30
hospitals with a cash price
18 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Buffalo Hospital

Buffalo · 30 mi · File Jun 2026

$16
list $28 · lowest of 48 lines
2
River Falls Area Hospital

River Falls · 36 mi · File Jun 2026

$16
list $28 · lowest of 12 lines
3
North Memorial Health Hospital

Robbinsdale · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$16
list $30
4
Maple Grove Hospital

Maple Grove · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

$16
list $30
5
Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Minneapolis · 10 mi · File Jun 2026

$16
list $34 · lowest of 8 lines
6
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

Princeton · 35 mi · File Jan 2026

$29
list $46 · lowest of 7 lines
7
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

Edina · 15 mi · File Feb 2026

$30
list $74 · lowest of 6 lines
8
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center

Minneapolis · 9 mi · File Feb 2026

$30
list $63 · lowest of 8 lines
9
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital

Maplewood · 13 mi · File Feb 2026

$30
list $74 · lowest of 6 lines
10
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

Woodbury · 19 mi · File Feb 2026

$30
list $74 · lowest of 6 lines
11
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

Burnsville · 24 mi · File Feb 2026

$31
list $74 · lowest of 6 lines
12
Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital

Saint Paul · 13 mi · File Jan 2026

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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 Minneapolis, MN-WI 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