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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 October 2026.

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

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$355 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$309 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,479Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $575

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$562

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.