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Radiation Sources Placed In A Body Cavity

Virginia 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 8 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$603$479 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$347 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,820Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $417 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $513professional $603

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
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$575

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.