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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

South Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$50.12 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$155 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $71 to $513Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $39 to $126
$20$50$100$200$500facility $229professional $58

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 4th of 51

$83.18

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.