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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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$56.23$38.02 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$61.66 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $50 to $182Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $27 to $91
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $56

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
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$61.66

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.