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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 October 2026.

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

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$427 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$832 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,549Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $617

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
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$631

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.