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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Arkansas 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$155$115 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$229 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $155 to $309Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251
$100$200$500facility $229professional $155

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
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 18th of 51

$174

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.