Lab tests CPT 84481 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T3 test cost in Plymouth, IN — inpatient

In Plymouth, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for free T3 thyroid hormone test as an inpatient: from $13.00 to $183.30, with a median of $98.15. The lowest listed price is at Community Hospital of Bremen — $85.15 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $142.97 at 64 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 84481, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$13.00Community Hospital of Bremen
Median$98.15half pay less
Highest$183.30in this market
Difference14.1×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 Plymouth, IN.

median
Lowest $13.00Highest $183.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Community Hospital of Bremen lowest Bremen, IN · (574) 546-2211 T3 Free $13.00 $20.00 $10.00–$26.00 35% Jan 1, 2026
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Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth, IN · (574) 948-4000 HC Labcorp 237393 T3 (Triiodothyronine) Free $183.30 $282.00 $9.45–$282.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth, IN · (574) 948-4000 HC T3 (Triiodothyronine) Free $183.30 $282.00 $9.45–$282.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth, IN · (574) 948-4000 HC Labcorp T3 (Triiodothyronine) Free $183.30 $282.00 $9.45–$282.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $13.00, median $98.15, highest $183.30 — a 14.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $98.15 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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.