Free T3 test cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Free T3 thyroid hormone test: from $9.50 to $103.00, with a median of $21.00. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Health System LLC — $11.50 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $142.97 at 64 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 cities for code 84481, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Health System LLC lowest Bluffton, IN 84481 T3,FREE | $9.50 | $39.60 | $9.50–$50.82 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 84481 FREE ASSAY (FT-3) | $12.72 | $53.00 | $12.72–$50.82 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 84481 FREE ASSAY (FT-3) | $14.31 | $53.00 | $12.67–$53.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 84481 FREE ASSAY (FT-3) | $14.31 | $53.00 | $12.85–$50.82 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 84481 FREE ASSAY (FT-3) | $21.00 | $70.00 | $14.94–$63.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN T3, Free, Dialysis, LC/MS-MS LC | $90.99 | $337.00 | $14.94–$303.30 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free | $90.99 | $337.00 | $14.94–$303.30 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free Serum (RL) | $90.99 | $337.00 | $14.94–$303.30 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN HC T3 FREE | $98.00 | $196.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN HC T3 FREE | $103.00 | $206.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN HC T3 FREE | $103.00 | $206.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free | $108.81 | $403.00 | $14.94–$403.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free Serum (RL) | $108.81 | $403.00 | $14.94–$403.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free Serum (RL) | $122.40 | $408.00 | $14.94–$367.20 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 84481 T3,FREE | $122.40 | $408.00 | $14.94–$367.20 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free | $122.40 | $408.00 | $14.94–$367.20 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN T3, Free, Dialysis, LC/MS-MS LC | $122.40 | $408.00 | $14.94–$367.20 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN T3, Free, Dialysis, LC/MS-MS LC | $164.88 | $687.00 | $14.94–$618.30 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free Serum (LC) | $164.88 | $687.00 | $14.94–$618.30 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free | $164.88 | $687.00 | $14.94–$618.30 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN Triiodothyronine 3 Free Serum (RL) | $164.88 | $687.00 | $14.94–$618.30 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $9.50, median $21.00, highest $103.00 — a 10.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $25.20. 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 4 of 4 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
Free T3 is the active thyroid hormone not bound to proteins. It is usually checked after TSH (84443) and free T4 (84439), 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 84481 ($85.20). 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.
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN84481PFW T3 FREE | $6.30 | file |