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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Massachusetts 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$490 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$407 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,698Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $759

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$870.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$741

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.