Lab tests CPT 84443 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

TSH thyroid test cost in Myrtle Beach, SC — inpatient

In Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test as an inpatient: from $15.00 to $139.87, with a median of $139.87. The lowest listed price is at Conway Medical Center — $124.87 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $139.87 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 84443, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$15.00Conway Medical Center
Median$139.87half pay less
Highest$139.87in this market
Difference9.3×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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.

median
Lowest $15.00Highest $139.87

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Conway Medical Center lowest Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 Thyroid Stimulating Hormone $15.00 $15.00 $3.00–$10.80 — —
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Conway Medical Center lowest Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 Thyroid Stimulating Hormone w/Ref/FT4 $15.00 $15.00 $3.00–$10.80 — —
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McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - POCT THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE THYROID CASCADE PROFILE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (DHEC) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - POCT THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE THYROID CASCADE PROFILE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (DHEC) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - POCT THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE THYROID CASCADE PROFILE $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC ASSAY THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (DHEC) $139.87 $197.00 $16.80–$157.60 29% —
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Inpatient: lowest $15.00, median $139.87, highest $139.87 — a 9.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $139.87 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 4 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 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.