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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 $708 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 5 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$347 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$501 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,623Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $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
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 31st 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.