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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Utah 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$47.86$38.90 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$64.57 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $58 to $447Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $37 to $65
$20$50$100$200$500facility $234professional $48

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
$64.57
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$229.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$70.79

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 27th of 51

$50.12

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.