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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

North Carolina 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$525 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$525 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,549Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,349
$500$1Kfacility $708professional $646

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
9 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
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$646

AK $2,239TX $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.