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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Oklahoma 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 4 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$112$95.50 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$95.50 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $95 to $479Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $79 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $112

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 46th of 51

$112

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.