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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Mississippi 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 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$490 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$288 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,122Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
3 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
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 31st of 51

$631

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.