Lab tests CPT 84439 Outpatient

Free T4 test cost in Greenville, SC

In Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for free T4 (free thyroxine) thyroid blood test: from $17.40 to $74.20, with a median of $45.80. The lowest listed price is at St Francis Hospital — $28.40 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $105.00 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 84439, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$17.40St Francis Hospital
Median$45.80half pay less
Highest$74.20in this market
Difference4.3×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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC.

median
Lowest $17.40Highest $101.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Francis Hospital lowest Greenville, SC · (800) 805-5678 HC Assay of Free Thyroxine $17.40 $29.00 — 40% —
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St Francis Hospital lowest Greenville, SC · (800) 805-5678 HC Assay of Free Thyroxine $17.40 $29.00 — 40% —
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Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville, SC · (864) 271-3444 THYROXINE (THYROID CHEMICAL); FREE $74.20 $74.20 $7.92–$53.79 — —
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St Francis Hospital Greenville, SC · (800) 805-5678 HC So T4 Free $101.40 $169.00 — 40% —
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St Francis Hospital Greenville, SC · (800) 805-5678 HC So T4 Free $101.40 $169.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $17.40, median $45.80, highest $74.20 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $17.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 free T4 test measures thyroxine that is not bound to proteins, the active form of the main thyroid hormone. It is usually ordered with or after a TSH test to check for an underactive or overactive thyroid and to adjust thyroid medicine.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the free T4 test only. The blood draw and the TSH test (84443) are billed separately.