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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 July 2026.

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

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$398$355 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$398 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $398 to $977Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $347 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$398

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.