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Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes

Minnesota 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$1,380$1,122 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$692 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $1,380

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
4 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,380

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.