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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 July 2026.

How much does Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$479 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$977 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $933
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wyoming 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· 32nd of 51

$562

WY $1,905FL $417

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.