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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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$37.15$26.92 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$38.02 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $37 to $129Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $21 to $60
$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $37

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
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 37th of 51

$46.77

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.