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Heat Treatment Of Tumor With Inserted Probes

South 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$661$204 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,288 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,818Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,905professional $661

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
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
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$165.96

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$692

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.