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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Minnesota 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$251$182 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$339 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,000Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $145 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $251

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$263

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.