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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Rhode Island 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$417 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$933 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,479Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $347 to $851
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 15th of 51

$603

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.