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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Louisiana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$148$135 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$141 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $120 to $550Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $117 to $195
$50$100$200$500facility $240professional $148

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
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$148

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.