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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Nebraska 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$229$115 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$186 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $115 to $741Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $708
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $229

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
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$240

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.