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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Arkansas 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$417 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$513 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $417 to $708Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $692
$500$1Kfacility $513professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$513

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.