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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Maryland 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $40.74.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $27 to $65Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $25 to $55
$20$50$100facility $35professional $38

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
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
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$38.02

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.