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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Illinois 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 6 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 $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$617 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,951Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,096
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $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
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
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
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$661

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.