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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$200$132 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$200 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $302Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $100 to $708
$100$200$500facility $204professional $200

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th 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.