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Heating A Tumor With A Probe Inside The Body

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 77620

A treatment that raises the temperature of a tumor using a heating probe placed inside a body cavity next to it. Warming the tissue makes radiation therapy work better and is given in combination with it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heating A Tumor With A Probe Inside The Body cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$537 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$631 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,630Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,047
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $955professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$208.93
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$891.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$617

AK $2,570IN $427

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.