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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Iowa 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$832$562 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$851 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,660Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $832

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
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$832

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.