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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Missouri 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$457$407 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$617 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $417 to $18,621Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $457

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
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
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
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$468

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.