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Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77610

A cancer treatment in which probes are placed directly into a tumor and used to warm the tissue well above normal body temperature. Heating makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation, so it is given alongside a course of radiotherapy rather than on its own. Each heating session covers a defined treatment area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$617 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$708 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $708 to $708Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $1,072

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$708

AK $2,754TX $537

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.