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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

New Mexico 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 4 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$38.02 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$45.71 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $34 to $162Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $331
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 22nd of 51

$52.48

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.