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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

Alaska rates for HCPCS 77600

A cancer treatment in which a device applied against the outside of the body warms tumor tissue above normal body temperature for a set period. It is given alongside radiation or chemotherapy, because warmed tumor cells are more vulnerable to those treatments.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body cost?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,188$1,175 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$1,585 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,455Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $2,188

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$2,188

AK $2,188KY $347

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.