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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Louisiana 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$468$309 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$457 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,318Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $661
$500$1Kfacility $676professional $468

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
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$416.87
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$525

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.