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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Nebraska 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$38.02$33.11 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$72.44 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $33 to $603Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $331
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $148professional $38

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
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$100.00

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $75.86 · 6th of 51
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.