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TSH test (thyroid) in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $16 to $500. Here's every hospital's price.

19 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 19 hospitals list a cash price for tsh test (thyroid) (CPT 84443). The lowest is $16 at Lower Bucks Hospital, the median is $37 and the highest is $500 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The most expensive hospital lists 31 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $37 is 20% below the national median of $46 across 571 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

25 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $10 to $1,419. 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 September 2025 and September 2026. 26 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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Lower Bucks Hospital · 28 mi
$21 below the median
$37
median cash price
19 hospitals
31×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
19/51
hospitals with a cash price
26 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Lower Bucks Hospital

Bristol · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $422
2
Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia · 11 mi · File Sep 2026

$16
list $528 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Jefferson Stratford Hospital

Stratford · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$19
list $189 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

Lansdale · 25 mi · File Mar 2026

$19
list $73 · lowest of 4 lines
5
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$19
· lowest of 2 lines
6
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$19
list $257 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Jefferson Abington Hospital

Abington · 18 mi · File Mar 2026

$19
list $50 · lowest of 6 lines
8
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

East Norriton · 18 mi · File Dec 2025

$19
· lowest of 2 lines
9
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Camden · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$37
list $369 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

Mount Holly · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$37
list $369
11
Virtua Willingboro Hospital

Willingboro · 25 mi · File Apr 2026

$37
list $369
12
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

Meadowbrook · 19 mi · File Sep 2025

$43
list $109 · lowest of 4 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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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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