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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 July 2026.

How much does Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 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$575$417 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$525 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,148Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $380 to $692
$500$1Kfacility $646professional $575

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
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$575

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.