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Internal Radiation Treatment, Several Applicators

California rates for HCPCS 77786

A treatment session in which a strong radioactive source is driven by machine through several thin applicator tubes placed in or beside the tumor, held at set positions for measured times, then pulled back into its shielded container. Nothing radioactive remains in the body once the session ends.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Internal Radiation Treatment, Several Applicators cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$2,570 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,074 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $2,570

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$11,748.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where California sits

The same service costs 38.0 times more in California than in New York. 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.

California· 1st of 30

$5,888

CA $5,888NY $155

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.