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Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes

North Carolina 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$776$479 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$661 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,631Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$776

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.