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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

Virginia 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$34.67$26.30 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$50.12 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $48 to $240Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $71
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $72professional $35

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
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
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
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$40.74

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.