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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 October 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$347 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$457 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $933Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $309 to $661
$500$1Kfacility $562professional $447

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
6 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
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 34th of 51

$457

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.