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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

South 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$525$417 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,380 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,162Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $933
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,778professional $525

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
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
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$525

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.