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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

New Hampshire 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$191$138 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$575 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $513 to $724Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $117 to $347
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $191

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 12th of 51

$195

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.