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Placing Radioactive Sources Into Tissue

Maryland rates for HCPCS 77778

Places radioactive sources directly into or beside a tumor through needles or thin tubes, so the radiation acts from inside the tissue over a very short distance. That spares nearby healthy organs compared with beams aimed from outside. This covers the more involved version, where many sources must be positioned and checked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing Radioactive Sources Into Tissue cost?

$933

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $1,047.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,479
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $933

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
4 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.6 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$933

AK $3,715FL $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.