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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$26.30 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$48.98 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $34 to $229Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $21 to $54
$20$50$100$200facility $98professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Kansas than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$42.66

KS $117TX $30.90

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.