Lab tests CPT 84436 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Total T4 test cost in Jackson, MS — inpatient

In Jackson, MS, 8 hospitals list a cash price for total thyroxine (T4) blood test as an inpatient: from $10.71 to $249.55, with a median of $54.29. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Scott Regional — $43.58 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $33.75 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 6 cities for code 84436, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$10.71Ochsner Scott Regional
Median$54.29half of hospitals charge less
Highest$249.55in this market
Difference23.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Jackson, MS.

median
Lowest $10.71Highest $249.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Scott Regional lowest Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC T4, TOTAL source file $10.71 $17.00 — 37%
Magee General Hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 T4,TOT THYROID source file $21.86 $63.00 $6.18–$10.80 65%
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 T4 (THYROXINE) TOTAL File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file $31.16 $76.00 $28.88–$68.40 59%
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 T4 (THYROXINE) TOTAL File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $41.37 $197.00 $74.86–$157.60 79%
Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS Thyroxine 4 (LC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $67.20 $280.00 $32.48–$224.00 76%
River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 Thyroxine 4 (LC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $101.79 $377.00 $38.08–$339.30 73%
Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 Thyroxine 4 (LC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $124.20 $414.00 $42.64–$372.60 70%
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 Thyroxine 4 (LC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $249.55 $713.00 $79.14–$641.70 65%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $10.71, median $54.29, highest $249.55 — a 23.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $31.16 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 of 7 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A total T4 test measures all the thyroxine hormone in the blood, both bound and free. Most doctors now order free T4 (84439) instead, which is less affected by pregnancy and medicines.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84436 ($51.35). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HospitalCash priceFile
River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MSThyroxine 4 Total $1.65 file
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MSThyroxine 4 Total $3.92 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.