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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 July 2026.

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

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 4 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$302$275 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$933 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,479Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $275 to $537
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,148professional $302

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$316

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.