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Heat Treatment of a Tumor From Outside the Body

South 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?

$427

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $490.

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 $427 · 10th to 90th $372 to $708
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kprofessional $427

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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where South 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.

South Carolina $427 · 44th 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.