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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Michigan 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$479$380 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$437 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $240 to $955Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$500$1Kfacility $479professional $479

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
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$479

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.