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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 July 2026.

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

$490

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $562.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kprofessional $490

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $490 · 33rd 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.