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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Mississippi 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$33.11 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$81.28 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $50 to $91Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $23 to $93
$20$50$100facility $81professional $54

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
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 6th of 51

$81.28

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.