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Surface Radiation Treatment For A Skin Lesion

South Carolina 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which a radioactive source is moved into an applicator held against the skin, left in place for a measured time, then withdrawn into its shielded housing.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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$195 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,698 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,012Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $89 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $234

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$240

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.