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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

New Jersey 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$537$479 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$631 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,399Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $537

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
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
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$550

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.