TSH thyroid test cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 17 hospitals list a cash price for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test: from $23.28 to $209.77, with a median of $86.04. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $62.76 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $85.12 at 79 hospitals.
- The median here, $86.04, is 4% above the US median of $83.10.
- That is 5.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.80).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 9 cities for code 84443, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 ASSAY OF THYROID STIM HORMONE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $23.28 | $97.00 | $16.30–$97.00 | 76% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB TSH File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $36.26 | $259.00 | $14.28–$226.63 | 86% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB NEW SCRN-TSH File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $36.40 | $260.00 | $14.28–$227.50 | 86% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC LAB TSH File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $65.34 | $154.00 | $14.28–$140.14 | 58% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB TSH File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $420.00 | $16.80–$357.00 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB TSH File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $420.00 | $16.80–$348.60 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB TSH File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $420.00 | $16.80–$348.60 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB TSH File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $420.00 | $16.80–$348.60 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB TSH File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $420.00 | $16.80–$348.60 | 80% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY ASSAY OF THYROID STIM HORMONE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $86.04 | $239.00 | $40.15–$239.00 | 64% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 #THYROID STIMULAT HORMONE(TSH)+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $90.60 | $151.00 | $5.29–$38.30 | 40% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 ASSAY OF THYROID STIM HORMONE 2 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $120.60 | $268.00 | $45.02–$268.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 ASSAY OF THYROID STIM HORMONE 2 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $139.08 | $366.00 | $49.01–$366.00 | 62% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $147.00 | $245.00 | $3.24–$220.50 | 40% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY ASSAY OF THYROID STIM HORMONE 2 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $152.55 | $339.00 | $56.95–$339.00 | 55% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $209.77 | $279.69 | $10.08–$559.38 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $209.77 | $279.69 | $14.28–$559.38 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $209.77 | $279.69 | $14.28–$419.54 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 THYROID STIMULAT HORMONE(TSH)+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $236.40 | $394.00 | $5.29–$38.30 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $23.28, median $86.04, highest $209.77 — a 9.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $84.00. 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 16 of 17 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 TSH thyroid test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: TSH thyroid test explained.
5 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84443 ($73.60). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KYHB NEW SCRN-TSH | $7.00 | file |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KYHB NEW SCRN-TSH | $7.00 | file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KYHB NEW SCRN-TSH | $7.00 | file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KYHB NEW SCRN-TSH | $7.00 | file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KYHB NEW SCRN-TSH | $7.00 | file |