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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Colorado 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$490 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$525 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,188Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $631

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
4 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
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$646

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.