Lab tests CPT 84443 Outpatient

TSH thyroid test cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 26 hospitals list a cash price for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test: from $8.32 to $1,261.75, with a median of $52.71. The lowest listed price is at Eisenhower Medical Center — $44.39 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $92.52 at 220 hospitals.

  • The median here, $52.71, is 37% below the US median of $83.10.
  • That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.80).
  • Riverside, CA ranks 2nd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
  • 9 of 26 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 26 facilities across 21 cities for code 84443, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

Lowest$8.32Eisenhower Medical Center
Median$52.71half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,261.75in this market
Difference151.7×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $8.32Highest $1,261.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Eisenhower Medical Center lowest Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Tsh W/Reflex to Free T4+1 more line at this price File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $8.32 $78.00 $16.80–$384.67 89%
Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 THY PNL 3RD GEN CPT2 File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file $8.60 $21.49 $9.67–$18.27 60%
Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 TSH W/ REFLEX TO FT4 File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file $12.95 $32.37 $14.57–$27.51 60%
San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - TSH NEWBORN SCREEN File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $14.50 $14.50 $8.60–$23.52 —
Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE - 84443 - 301450087+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $16.00 $316.00 $16.63–$316.00 95%
Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Assay Thyroid Stim Hormone File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $16.00 $434.50 $15.96–$434.50 96%
Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Assay Thyroid Stim Hormone File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $16.00 $434.50 $15.96–$434.50 96%
Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 TSH File of Jan 14, 2026 · source file $16.92 $42.31 $19.04–$35.96 60%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 BLOOD TEST; THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) File of May 20, 2026 · source file $16.95 $84.74 $15.96–$84.74 80%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE File of May 20, 2026 · source file $17.54 $87.71 $15.96–$87.71 80%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC SOM TSH SENSITIVE, SERUM File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $24.06 $24.06 $4.35–$159.55 —
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC SOM TSH SENSITIVE, SERUM File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $24.06 $24.06 $4.81–$173.44 —
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC SOM TSH SENSITIVE, SERUM File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $24.06 $24.06 $4.81–$169.95 —
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 THYROID STIM HORMONE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $26.34 $80.00 $14.62–$105.85 67%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 THYROID STIM HORMONE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $36.94 $95.00 $16.80–$105.85 61%
San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - TSH ULTRA SENS THY CASCADE File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $38.00 $38.00 $14.76–$27.55 —
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC TSH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $49.42 $102.95 — 52%
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 TSH (PKU) File of May 13, 2026 · source file $56.00 $56.00 $10.28–$56.00 —
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Qu Tsh Untreated Ppnl+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $65.70 $65.70 $11.81–$65.70 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 NEWBORN SCREENING-THS File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $106.00 $106.00 $14.76–$106.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 NEWBORN SCREENING-THS File of May 20, 2026 · source file $106.00 $106.00 $14.76–$106.00 —
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $108.68 $209.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $108.68 $209.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $108.68 $209.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $108.68 $209.00 $12.00–$35.00 48%
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 B-LAB TSH SENSITIVE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 $14.76–$127.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 B-LAB TSH SENSITIVE File of May 20, 2026 · source file $127.00 $127.00 $14.76–$127.00 —
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC TSH (THYROTROPIN) File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $137.25 $305.00 $13.61–$259.25 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC TSH (THYROTROPIN) File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $137.25 $305.00 $16.80–$228.75 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC TSH (THYROTROPIN) File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $137.25 $305.00 $13.61–$274.50 55%
Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file $142.56 $594.00 $14.28–$534.60 76%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 TSH File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $150.00 $200.00 — 25%
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 TSH 3RD GEN File of May 13, 2026 · source file $166.00 $166.00 $10.28–$166.00 —
San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $185.00 $851.00 $13.44–$1,563.71 78%
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Thyroid Stimulating Hormone+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $209.13 $209.13 $11.81–$209.13 —
Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file $285.26 $475.43 $19.28–$380.34 40%
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB TSH File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $338.00 $338.00 $14.76–$338.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB TSH File of May 20, 2026 · source file $338.00 $338.00 $14.76–$338.00 —
San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC ASSAY THYROID STIM HORMONE - THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $385.00 $385.00 $14.76–$279.13 —
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 TSH File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,261.75 $1,261.75 $189.26–$1,135.58 —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $8.32, median $52.71, highest $1,261.75 — a 151.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $106.00. 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 15 of 24 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is 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.

6 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CARL-A-TSH 3 70225 $2.64 file
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CARL-A-TSH 3 70225 $3.12 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH LAB $4.08 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC TSH REFLEX TO FT4 $4.08 file
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CAHC Lab Ref Tsh With Reflex to Free T4 $4.28 file
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CAHC Lab Ref Tsh With Reflex to Free T4 $4.28 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.