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Heat Destruction of a Bone Tumor Through the Skin

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 20982

A needle-like probe is passed through the skin into a tumor in a bone, guided into position with imaging. Radio-wave energy heats the tip of the probe and destroys the tumor, including nearby soft tissue the tumor has grown into. It is often used to relieve pain from cancer that has spread to bone, without open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heat Destruction of a Bone Tumor Through the Skin cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $5,129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $372 to $8,710Professionalmedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $9,120
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $6,457

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$52,480.75

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 50

$3,802

ME $35,481WV $1,230

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.