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High-Dose Skin Brachytherapy, Larger Area

Washington rates for HCPCS 77768

A radiation treatment in which a machine moves a sealed radioactive source into applicators held against the skin, delivers a high dose to a surface growth over a few minutes, and then withdraws the source completely. This is the version for a larger surface area, treated through more than one applicator channel. Nothing radioactive stays in the body afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Dose Skin Brachytherapy, Larger Area cost?

$550

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $813.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,000
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $550

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$575.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Washington· 10th of 51

$550

WY $1,096FL $269

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.