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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Alaska rates for HCPCS 79440

A radioactive medicine is injected directly into a joint so that it acts on the inflamed lining from inside. The radiation stays largely within the joint and reduces the swollen tissue that causes pain and repeated fluid build-up.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$398$355 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$363 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $229 to $562Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $832
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $398

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$398

WY $447FL $93.33

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.