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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

New Jersey 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $112 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 5 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$42.66$38.90 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$75.86 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $50 to $692Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $34 to $145
$100$1K$10Kfacility $112professional $43

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
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$151.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$60.26

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.