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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Illinois 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$457$389 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$490 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,344Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $324 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $457

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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
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
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$501

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.