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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$34.67$21.38 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$91.20 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $39 to $229Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $145professional $35

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
$50.12
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$54.95

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.