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Heating A Tumor With A Probe Inside The Body

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$513 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$575 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,455Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $468 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. 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· 38th of 51

$589

WY $2,399RI $437

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.