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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Mississippi 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 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 $692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$372 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$234 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,122Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $692professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
3 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
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 28th of 51

$479

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.