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Radioactive Medicine Therapy Taken by Mouth

Kansas 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$151 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$468 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $490Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $214

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
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$117.49
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
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$240

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.