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High-Dose Internal Brachytherapy, Most Channels

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 77772

A radiation treatment in which a machine drives a sealed radioactive source through applicators placed inside the body, either within a body cavity or through catheters or needles set into the tissue, delivering a high dose from within before withdrawing the source completely. This is the version using the greatest number of applicator channels, for a larger or more complex target. Nothing radioactive stays in the body afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Dose Internal Brachytherapy, Most Channels cost?

$851

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $1,230.

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

Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,236
$1K$2Kprofessional $851

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.2 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.

Washington, DC· 43rd of 51

$851

AK $2,754FL $661

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.