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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 October 2026.

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

$537

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $1,096.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 19th of 51

$537

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.