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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Nevada 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$36.31$25.12 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$50.12 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $43 to $182Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $25 to $72
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $59professional $36

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
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$50.12

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.