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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

North Carolina 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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$513$363 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$490 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,884Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
8 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
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$525

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.