Lab tests CPT 84443 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — inpatient

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test as an inpatient: from $34.16 to $55.42, with a median of $50.43. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 84443, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$34.16Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$50.43half pay less
Highest$55.42in this market
Difference1.6×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $34.16Highest $55.42

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD HC Thyroid Stimulating Hormone $34.16 $34.86 2%
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Mercy Medical Center, Inc. Baltimore, MD HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE $48.06 $49.04 2%
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The Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD HC THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) $52.80 $66.00 20%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD THYROID STIMULATING HORM $55.42 $56.55 2%
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Inpatient: lowest $34.16, median $50.43, highest $55.42 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $50.43 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A TSH test measures thyroid-stimulating hormone in the blood. It is the most common first test for an underactive or overactive thyroid and is used to monitor thyroid medicine doses.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the TSH test only. The blood draw and any follow-up thyroid tests, such as free T4, are billed separately.