go back

Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Oregon 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 8 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$63.10$50.12 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$50.12 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $50 to $132Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $46 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $63

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
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 15th of 51

$60.26

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.