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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

North Carolina 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$40.74$40.74 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$43.65 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $35 to $166Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $34 to $66
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $41

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
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$40.74

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.