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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Florida 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$43.65$41.69 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$52.48 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $46 to $251Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $39 to $58
$20$50$100$200facility $120professional $44

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
$45.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$70.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 38th of 51

$45.71

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.