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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Minnesota 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$1,096$871 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$575 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,096

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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
6 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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$1,096

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.