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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Louisiana 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 5 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$776$562 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$550 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,175Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $501 to $912
$500$1Kfacility $776professional $776

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
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$776

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.