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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Kansas 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$43.65$42.66 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$54.95 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $50 to $186Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $33 to $83
$20$50$100$200facility $117professional $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
$48.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$51.29

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.