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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Iowa 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 8 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$603$389 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$603 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,445Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $603

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
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$603

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.