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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Illinois 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 6 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$138$110 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$132 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $110 to $575Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $102 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $138

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
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$151

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.