Lab tests CPT 84439 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T4 test cost in Milwaukee, WI — inpatient

In Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, 14 hospitals list a cash price for free T4 (free thyroxine) thyroid blood test as an inpatient: from $88.51 to $101.34, with a median of $90.00. The lowest listed price is at Columbia St. Mary's — $1.49 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $70.85 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 10 cities for code 84439, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 23, 2026.

Lowest$88.51Columbia St. Mary's
Median$90.00half pay less
Highest$101.34in this market
Difference1.1×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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.

median
Lowest $88.51Highest $101.34

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Columbia St. Mary's lowest Glendale, WI T-4 FREE $88.51 $167.00 $8.75–$21.99 47% —
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Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI · (262) 329-1000 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI · (262) 434-1600 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford, WI · (262) 673-2300 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI · (262) 948-5600 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa, WI · (414) 454-6600 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora St Lukes South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy, WI T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis, WI · (414) 328-6000 T4, FREE $90.00 $180.00 $108.00–$153.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · (414) 585-1374 HC ASSAY OF FREE THYROXINE $91.69 $173.00 $9.47–$41.14 47% —
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Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee Mequon, WI HC ASSAY OF FREE THYROXINE $91.69 $173.00 $9.47–$41.14 47% —
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Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute Mequon, WI HC ASSAY OF FREE THYROXINE $91.69 $173.00 $9.47–$41.14 47% —
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC FREE T4 $101.34 $184.25 $128.98–$175.04 45% Mar 23, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC FREE T4 $101.34 $184.25 $128.98–$175.04 45% Mar 23, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $88.51, median $90.00, highest $101.34 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $90.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 10 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 10 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 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.