Lab tests CPT 84439 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T4 test cost in Monroe, LA — inpatient

In Monroe, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for free T4 (free thyroxine) thyroid blood test as an inpatient: from $31.05 to $31.05, with a median of $31.05. Across Louisiana, the median is $34.38 at 58 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 84439, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$31.05Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Median$31.05half of hospitals charge less
Highest$31.05in this market
Difference1.0×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 Monroe, LA.

median
Lowest $31.05Highest $31.05

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe lowest Monroe, LA · (318) 388-7000 HC T4, FREE+1 more line at this price source file $31.05 $135.00 — 77%
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 $31.05, median $31.05, highest $31.05.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $37.93 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.