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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$35.48 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$112 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $50 to $23,988Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $58
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $245professional $35

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
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 48th of 51

$38.90

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.