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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 July 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 7 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$447$437 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$447 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,380Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $447

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
$162.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

Colorado· 26th of 51

$447

WY $1,622FL $309

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.