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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

Massachusetts 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$501 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$257 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,175Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$933.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,235.94
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,047.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,047.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$708

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.