Lab tests CPT 84481 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T3 test cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for free T3 thyroid hormone test as an inpatient: from $113.59 to $148.94, with a median of $142.35. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $28.76 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $127.97 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 84481, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$113.59Elliot Hospital
Median$142.35half pay less
Highest$148.94in 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $113.59Highest $148.94

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Assay Of Triiodothyronine T3 Free $113.59 $307.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC TRIIODOTHYRONINE T-3 FREE $142.35 $365.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 T3-FREE (TRIIODOTHYRONINE) $148.94 $248.23 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $113.59, median $142.35, highest $148.94 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $142.35 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.