Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test as an inpatient: from $10.83 to $264.40, with a median of $155.12. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 84443, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA HC 7055 12580r Tsh | $10.83 | $27.07 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Lab12580r Chronic Urticaria | $32.50 | $81.25 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC TSH | $72.50 | $290.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH | $155.12 | $277.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA ASSAY OF THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE TSH | $155.12 | $277.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Tshft4 Tsh | $264.40 | $661.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA HC Highly Sensitiv Tsh | $264.40 | $661.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $10.83, median $155.12, highest $264.40 — a 24.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $113.81 — 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84443 ($82.80). 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.
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CAHC 6912 Nbs/Tsh | $8.07 | file |