Lab tests CPT 84443 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

TSH thyroid test cost in Buckeye, WV — inpatient

In Buckeye, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test as an inpatient: from $84.00 to $84.00, with a median of $84.00. Across West Virginia, the median is $60.25 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 84443, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 13, 2025 and Nov 13, 2025.

Lowest$84.00Pocahontas Memorial Hospital

Median$84.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$84.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV · (304) 799-7400 THYROID STIMU HORM File of Nov 13, 2025 · source file	$84.00	$120.00	$84.00–$117.60	30%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $84.00, median $84.00, highest $84.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $84.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84443 ($86.00). 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
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WVHEALTH FAIR TSH	$2.19	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.