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Radioactive Medicine Injected Into A Joint

Virginia 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 8 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 $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$102 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $59 to $457Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $93 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $141professional $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
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$135

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.