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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 July 2026.

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

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 4 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$617$490 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$759 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,951Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $617

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alabama· 13th of 51

$851

WY $1,905FL $417

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.