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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 October 2026.

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

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$204 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,000 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,630Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $89 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,778professional $513

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
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
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$537

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.