Lab tests CPT 84439 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T4 test cost in Buckeye, WV — inpatient

In Buckeye, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for free T4 (free thyroxine) thyroid blood test as an inpatient: from $63.00 to $63.00, with a median of $63.00. Across West Virginia, the median is $52.75 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 84439, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 13, 2025 and Nov 13, 2025.

Lowest$63.00Pocahontas Memorial Hospital
Median$63.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$63.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV · (304) 799-7400 THYROXINE FREE File of Nov 13, 2025 · source file $63.00 $90.00 $63.00–$88.20 30%
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 $63.00, median $63.00, highest $63.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $63.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84439 ($66.40). 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
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WVHEALTH FAIR FREE T4 $2.19 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.