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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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 5 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$40.74$33.88 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$54.95 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $39 to $219Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $331
$20$50$100$200facility $102professional $41

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
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 48th of 51

$40.74

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.