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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Indiana 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$398$324 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$537 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,089Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $692
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $912professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
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
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$398

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.