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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

South Carolina 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$107$100 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$186 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,089Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $100 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $107

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$110

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.