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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Rhode Island 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$52.48$38.02 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$64.57 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $60 to $324Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $28 to $85
$20$50$100$200facility $151professional $52

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
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$52.48

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.