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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

South Dakota 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 6 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$83.18$38.90 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$93.33 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $58 to $95Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $34 to $138
$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $83

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
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$95.50

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.