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Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes

Louisiana 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$550 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$631 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,479Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $813

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
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$645.65
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$813

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.