Total T3 test cost in Crestview, FL
In Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for total triiodothyronine (T3) blood test: from $147.25 to $1,624.00, with a median of $242.28. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital — $95.03 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $70.01 at 156 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 84480, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital lowest Destin, FL · (850) 862-1111 Triiodothyronine T3; total (TT-3) +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $147.25 | $147.25 | $14.18–$147.25 | — |
| Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast Miramar Beach, FL · (850) 278-3600 T3, TOTAL (TT3) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $242.28 | $605.71 | $14.18–$53.52 | 60% |
| HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital Defuniak Springs, FL · (850) 678-4131 Triiodothyronine T3; total (TT-3) +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,624.00 | $1,624.00 | $14.18–$1,461.60 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $147.25, median $242.28, highest $1,624.00 — a 11.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.05. 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 0 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 ($80.28). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Okaloosa Medical Center Crestview, FLQ859 T3 TOTAL IA | $6.70 | file |