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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

New York 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 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 $50.12 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$25.12 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$19.05 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $18 to $145Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $115
$20$50$100$200$500facility $50professional $41

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
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$138.04
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$331.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$112.20
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$97.72
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$75.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$128.82
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51

Where New York 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 York· 37th of 51

$42.66

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.