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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 October 2026.

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

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$407 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$501 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,318Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $871
$500$1Kfacility $708professional $631

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
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$549.54
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th 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.