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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 80438

A timed test in which thyrotropin releasing hormone is injected and the pituitary gland's thyroid-stimulating hormone response is measured in blood samples taken before and at intervals over the following hour. The shape of the response helps show whether a thyroid problem starts in the thyroid gland itself or in the pituitary.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$39.81 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$57.54 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $110Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $35 to $105
$20$50$100facility $78professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arkansas· 12th of 51

$61.66

SD $95.50DC $38.02

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.