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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Pennsylvania 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$398$355 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$676 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,905Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $708
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$407.38
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$427

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.