Lab tests CPT 84481 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Free T3 test cost in Staunton, VA — inpatient

In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for free T3 thyroid hormone test as an inpatient: from $64.50 to $64.50, with a median of $64.50. Across Virginia, the median is $103.00 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$64.50Augusta Health
Median$64.50half pay less
Highest$64.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

median
Lowest $64.50Highest $259.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Aml-T3-Free $64.50 $129.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Triiodothyronine (T3) Free $259.50 $519.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $64.50, median $64.50, highest $64.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $64.50 — 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.