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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Illinois 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $112 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.90$21.38 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$67.61 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $56 to $288Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $3 to $89
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $39

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
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$41.69

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.