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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Massachusetts 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$42.66 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$52.48 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $45 to $178Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $24 to $141
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $72professional $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
$47.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$194.98
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$194.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$107.15
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
3 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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$54.95

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.