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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Alabama 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 4 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$158$105 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$224 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $49 to $631Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $102 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $158

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 24th of 51

$158

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.