CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, thyroid (TSH)
Facility: Mercyone Elkader Medical Center
Billing Code: 84443 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$36
about 2.1× the $17 Medicare rate · typically $16–$88
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $17 Fair price $36 Hospital's list price $192
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $106 - $144 | 631% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $99 | 589% |
| Aetnamajor | $100 - $141 | 595% |
| Cignamajor | $188 | 1119% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $168 | 1000% |
| GEHA | $144 | 857% |
| HealthPartners | $185 | 1101% |
| Medica | $188 | 1119% |
| Medical Mutual | $141 | 839% |
| + 18 smaller / regional plans | $9 - $201 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercyone Elkader Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, thyroid (TSH) at other IA hospitals
- Mercyone Oelwein Medical Center · Oelwein $13
- Veterans Memorial Hospital · Waukon $14
- Davis County Hospital · Bloomfield $15
- Horn Memorial Hospital · Ida Grove $15
- Monroe County Hospital · Albia $16
- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $17
- Trinity Regional Medical Center · Fort Dodge $17
- University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down · Iowa City $17
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.