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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$97.72$81.28 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$479 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,096Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $98

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 41st 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.