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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Kentucky 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$40.74$25.70 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$41.69 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $40 to $120Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $71
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $41

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
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$40.74

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.