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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Idaho 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$186$132 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$316 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $195 to $891Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $123 to $251
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $186

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 11th of 51

$204

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.