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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $135 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$47.86 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$50.12 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $50 to $372Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $41 to $74
$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$112.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th 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.