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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77761

Radioactive sources are placed inside a natural body cavity so they treat a tumor from close range while sparing surrounding tissue. This covers the straightforward applications, using only a small number of sources and applicators and a simple set-up.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$380 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$708 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $708 to $708Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $708
$500$1Kfacility $708professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 9th of 51

$708

AK $1,698FL $302

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.