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Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Releasing Hormone Stimulation Panel cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 4 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$38.02 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$41.69 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $42 to $76Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $31 to $48
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $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
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$41.69

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.