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Simple Placement Of Radiation Sources In A Cavity

Virginia 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 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$457$363 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$257 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,479Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $398professional $457

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
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 51

$437

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.