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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Missouri 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 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 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$48.98$30.90 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$50.12 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $49 to $120Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $25 to $120
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $49

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
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$54.95

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.