Total T3 test cost in Stockton, CA
In Stockton-Lodi, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for total triiodothyronine (T3) blood test: from $42.93 to $185.00, with a median of $87.55. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton — $44.62 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $78.00 at 170 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Apr 2, 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton lowest Stockton, CA · (209) 943-2000 H-T3 TOTAL 7830 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $42.93 | $146.00 | $12.05–$146.00 | 71% |
| Dameron Hospital Stockton, CA · (209) 944-5550 Thyroid hormone, T3 measurement, total File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $81.57 | $181.26 | $11.34–$181.08 | 55% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca, CA · (209) 825-3700 ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $93.52 | $167.00 | $13.00–$40.00 | 44% |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG T3 TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $185.00 | $185.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Tracy, CA · (209) 835-1500 HCHG CORE T3 TOTAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $191.00 | $191.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $42.93, median $87.55, highest $185.00 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $93.52. 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 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CARL-A-T3 TOTAL 70474 | $1.47 | file |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton, CARL-A-T3 TOTAL 70474 | $2.86 | file |