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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 July 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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 6 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$501$457 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$575 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,692Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $457 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $501

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$525

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.