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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Washington, DC 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$38.02$38.02 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$38.02 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $38 to $355Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $38 to $174
$20$50$100$200$500facility $85professional $38

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
$38.02
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$85.11

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$38.02

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.