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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Kansas 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$135$115 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$135 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $120 to $331Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $93 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 32nd of 51

$141

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.