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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Massachusetts 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 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$513$389 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$380 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,778Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $513

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
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$513

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.