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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Pennsylvania 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$41.69$39.81 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$61.66 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $43 to $295Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $39 to $91
$20$50$100$200$500facility $117professional $42

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
$42.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$120.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$147.91
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$47.86

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.