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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

New Jersey 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$132$107 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$132 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $98 to $891Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $93 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $132

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
$131.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 38th of 51

$132

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.