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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 October 2026.

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

$708

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $1,445.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $708

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,511.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
4 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
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$708

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.