Please don't mix the HSA and the IRA. While they have some similarities, their numbers don't mix.
"TT asks what my Traditional IRA total (balance in all accounts) is."
This question is asked of both, however, but ONLY when there is a carryover penalty from excess contributions (there may be another case, but carryover of excess contributions is the most common). TurboTax asks this because (at least for the HSA, but I think the IRA is the same way) your penalty for the carryover is 6% of the smaller of either the amount of the carryover OR the balance in your account. So, if the balance is zero, then the penalty is zero, because 6% of zero is zero.
Otherwise, the IRS does not care about the balance in either your IRA or your HSA. So don't worry about this. Most years, neither balance is sent to the IRS (on your tax return anyway - no telling about what reports the HSA custodian or IRA administrator might file with the IRS).
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