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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 July 2026.

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

$513

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $575.

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

Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,318
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kprofessional $513

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC $513 · 30th of 51
WY $1,660RI $324

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.