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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

North Dakota 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?

$955

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $1,202.

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 $479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $794Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $1,000

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$955

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.