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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Iowa 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 8 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$110 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$229 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $107 to $603Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $105 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$182

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.