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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$30.20 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$100 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $30 to $282Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $29 to $120
$20$50$100$200facility $132professional $30

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
$33.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$100.00

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 40th of 51

$41.69

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.