Lab tests CPT 84480 Outpatient

Total T3 test cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 22 hospitals list a cash price for total triiodothyronine (T3) blood test: from $9.12 to $740.75, with a median of $48.12. The lowest listed price is at Mountains Community Hospital — $39.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $78.00 at 170 hospitals.

Cash prices at 22 facilities across 18 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 Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$9.12Mountains Community Hospital
Median$48.12half of hospitals charge less
Highest$740.75in this market
Difference81.2×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $9.12Highest $740.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mountains Community Hospital lowest Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 T3 BY RIA source file $9.12 $22.79 $10.26–$19.37 60%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 Triiodothyronine (T3) LC File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $12.68 $16.90 — 25%
Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T-3) TOTAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $14.00 $194.00 $14.04–$194.00 93%
Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Triiodothyronine Total Assay, Tt-3 File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $14.00 $371.25 $13.47–$371.25 96%
Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Triiodothyronine Total Assay, Tt-3 File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $14.00 $371.25 $13.47–$371.25 96%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 NH-TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $14.32 $43.00 $11.18–$90.30 67%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 ASSAY TRIIODOTHYRONINE (T3) source file $15.98 $79.90 $13.47–$79.90 80%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 NH-TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $16.82 $43.00 $8.60–$90.30 61%
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Qu T3 Total+1 more line at this price source file $18.10 $18.10 $10.07–$18.10 —
Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 T3 TOTAL (IH) source file $19.78 $28.26 $9.42–$24.02 30%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $43.20 $90.00 — 52%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 source file $53.04 $102.00 $10.00–$30.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 source file $53.04 $102.00 $10.00–$30.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 source file $53.04 $102.00 $10.00–$30.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 source file $53.04 $102.00 $10.00–$30.00 48%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 LAB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $59.76 $124.50 — 52%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC THYROID HORMONE T3 File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $129.60 $288.00 $11.48–$244.80 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC THYROID HORMONE T3 File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $129.60 $288.00 $11.48–$259.20 55%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC THYROID HORMONE T3 File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $129.60 $288.00 $14.18–$216.00 55%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $130.21 $391.00 $12.19–$332.35 67%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 TRIIODOTHYRONINE TOT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $157.19 $402.00 $14.18–$402.00 61%
San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Thyroid hormone, T3 measurement, total File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $185.00 $430.00 $11.34–$790.13 57%
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 LAB T3 TOTAL File of May 20, 2026 · source file $251.00 $251.00 $12.59–$251.00 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 LAB T3 TOTAL File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $251.00 $251.00 $12.59–$251.00 —
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 T3 TOTAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $740.75 $740.75 $111.11–$666.67 —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $9.12, median $48.12, highest $740.75 — a 81.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $53.04. 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 12 of 20 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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.

7 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 84480 ($81.38). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CARL-A-T3 TOTAL 70474 $1.67 file
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CARL-A-T3 TOTAL 70474 $1.96 file
Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CAT3, TOTAL $3.20 file
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CAHC ASSAY OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE T3 TOTAL TT3 CDM $3.36 file
Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CAThyroid hormone, T3 measurement, total $3.86 file
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC T3 Total $7.02 file
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Triiodothyronine T3, Total $7.02 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.