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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Maryland 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?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $372 to $631.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $269 to $851
$200$500$1Kprofessional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
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
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$513

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.