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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 October 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 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$676$209 to $1,000
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 $2,754Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,905professional $676

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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
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
$208.93
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
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
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$708

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.