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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Oklahoma 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$22.39 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$46.77 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $37 to $240Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $21 to $59
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $29

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
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$43.65

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 49th of 51

$38.02

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.