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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $603 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$479$389 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$398 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,349Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,023
$500$1Kfacility $603professional $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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
9 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
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th 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.