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Radioactive Medicine Therapy Taken by Mouth

Arizona rates for HCPCS 79005

Treatment in which a radioactive medicine is swallowed as a capsule or liquid, travels through the body, and concentrates in the tissue being treated so it delivers radiation from within. The best-known example is radioactive iodine given for an overactive thyroid or thyroid cancer. The dose is worked out in advance and given with careful handling precautions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radioactive Medicine Therapy Taken by Mouth cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$141$120 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$129 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $41 to $309Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,122
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $141

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$151

AK $457FL $110

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.