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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$42.66$25.70 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$40.74 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $32 to $74Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $25 to $69
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $43

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
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
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 35th of 51

$42.66

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.