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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$30.20 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$117 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $81 to $186Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $30 to $102
$20$50$100$200facility $126professional $50

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
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$104.71
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$117

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.