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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77762

Radioactive sources are placed inside a natural body cavity, next to a tumor, so the radiation acts on it from close range while sparing surrounding tissue. This covers a moderately involved application, using more sources and applicators and more set-up work than a straightforward one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$513 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$2,089 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,089Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $407 to $955
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,089professional $617

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
3 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
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 9th of 51

$955

AK $2,239FL $398

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.