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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

Washington, DC 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?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $692.

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 $2,818 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,310Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 34th of 51

$513

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.