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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Florida 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 7 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$91.20$79.43 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$93.33 to $53,703

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $79 to $123,027Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $78 to $158
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $355professional $91

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$275.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$165,958.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$93.33

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.