go back

Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Georgia 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$380 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$251 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $191 to $708Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $288 to $871
$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $468

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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$468

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.