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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Kansas 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 Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$398 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$479 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,072Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $501

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
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
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 26th 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.