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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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 5 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$40.74$38.90 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$67.61 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $39 to $437Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $39 to $74
$20$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $41

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
$38.90
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$43.65

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.