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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

New York 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 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 $525 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 9 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$457$372 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$355 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,318Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $457

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
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,047.13
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$870.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24

Where New York 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.

New York· 24th of 51

$468

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.