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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 5 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$537$457 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$575 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,623Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $537

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
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 34th 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.