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Surface Radiation Treatment For A Skin Lesion

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 77767

Radiation treatment in which a radioactive source is moved into an applicator held against the skin, left in place for a measured time, then withdrawn into its shielded housing. Working out the dose is included when it is done. This version covers a smaller treatment area, treated through a single applicator channel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surface Radiation Treatment For A Skin Lesion cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$269 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$229 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $76 to $741Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $339

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$331

OK $1,148FL $200

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.