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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Iowa 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$50.12$38.90 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$50.12 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $39 to $145Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $33 to $331
$50$100$200facility $89professional $50

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
$38.90
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$60.26

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.