Lab tests CPT 84480 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Total T3 test cost in Akron, OH — inpatient

In Akron, OH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for total triiodothyronine (T3) blood test as an inpatient: from $52.50 to $300.30, with a median of $118.85. The lowest listed price is at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center — $66.35 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $60.13 at 130 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 84480, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$52.50University Hospitals Portage Medical Center
Median$118.85half pay less
Highest$300.30in this market
Difference5.7×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 Akron, OH.

median
Lowest $52.50Highest $300.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center lowest Ravenna, OH · (330) 297-2300 HC TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOTAL ASSAY, TT-3 - T3 (THYROID HORMONE) $52.50 $70.00 $27.65–$900.00 25% Jul 14, 2026
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Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOTAL(TT-3) $63.70 $98.00 $27.71–$98.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Summa Health System Akron, OH · (330) 375-3000 Noncdm Charge Record $174.00 $174.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Western Reserve Cuyahoga Falls, OH · (330) 971-7000 T3 RIA TOTAL $300.30 $546.00 $14.18–$185.64 45% —
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Inpatient: lowest $52.50, median $118.85, highest $300.30 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $63.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 3 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 total T3 test measures the thyroid hormone triiodothyronine. It is used mainly when an overactive thyroid is suspected.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84480 ($83.70). 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.

Summa Health System Akron, OHHc T3 Total (Tt-3) $3.13 file