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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Pennsylvania 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 9 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 $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$692 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,089Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $437 to $977
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,148professional $537

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
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
8 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
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st of 51

$537

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.