Lab tests CPT 84481 Outpatient

Free T3 test cost in Grand Rapids, MI

In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Free T3 thyroid hormone test: from $52.00 to $68.00, with a median of $60.00. The lowest listed price is at Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital and 1 other hospital — $8.00 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $68.00 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$52.00Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital + 1 more
Median$60.00half pay less
Highest$68.00in this market
Difference1.3×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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.

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Lowest $52.00Highest $68.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital lowest Zeeland, MI Hc Free T3 $52.00 $52.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Greenville Hospital lowest Greenville, MI Hc Free T3 $52.00 $52.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI Hc Free T3 $68.00 $68.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI Hc Free T3 $68.00 $68.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Free T3 $68.00 $68.00 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $52.00, median $60.00, highest $68.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $68.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.