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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Kentucky 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$490$468 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$427 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $251 to $912Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $417 to $912
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
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
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$501

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.