Lab tests CPT 84480 Outpatient

Total T3 test cost in Lansing, MI

In Lansing-East Lansing, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for total triiodothyronine (T3) blood test: from $32.33 to $40.00, with a median of $36.17. The lowest listed price is at Eaton Rapids Medical Center — $3.84 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $48.15 at 78 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84480, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Jul 1, 2026.

Lowest$32.33Eaton Rapids Medical Center
Median$36.17half pay less
Highest$40.00in this market
Difference1.2×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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI.

median
Lowest $32.33Highest $47.92

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Eaton Rapids Medical Center lowest Eaton Rapids, MI · (517) 663-2671 TOTAL T3 $32.33 $64.66 $38.15–$58.19 50% Jul 1, 2026
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McLaren Greater Lansing Lansing, MI · (517) 975-5600 T3 Total Level $40.00 $80.00 $7.76–$50.46 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Eaton Rapids Medical Center Eaton Rapids, MI · (517) 663-2671 T3 (RIA) $47.92 $95.84 $56.55–$86.26 50% Jul 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $32.33, median $36.17, highest $40.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $40.00. 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 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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 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.