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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

New Jersey 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$407$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$550 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,399Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $347 to $851
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $407

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$407

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.