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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Idaho 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$47.86 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$50.12 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $50 to $219Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $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
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$83.18

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 19th of 51

$57.54

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.