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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Kentucky 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 6 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$389$355 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$324 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $234 to $692Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $339 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $389professional $389

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
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$389

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.