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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Colorado 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 7 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$38.90$37.15 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$67.61 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $39 to $257Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $21 to $48
$20$50$100$200facility $126professional $39

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
$31.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$47.86

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.