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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 October 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$380 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$257 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,905Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $447

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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$447

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.