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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Maine 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 6 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$50.12$38.02 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$50.12 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $50 to $468Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $26 to $65
$20$50$100$200$500facility $81professional $50

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$223.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 29th of 51

$50.12

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.