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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Arizona 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 5 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$126$107 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$112 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $50 to $269Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $93 to $708
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $126

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$132

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.