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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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 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$40.74$38.02 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$42.66 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $39 to $269Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $31 to $65
$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $41

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
$38.90
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 43rd of 51

$42.66

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.