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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Louisiana 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$41.69$28.84 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$66.07 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $52 to $204Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $21 to $66
$20$50$100$200facility $98professional $42

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
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$61.66

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.