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Procedure price report · Therapeutic radiology

High-dose radiation skin treatment, larger or multiple areas

CPT 77768the billing code this page is about

A single high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment on the skin surface for a lesion larger than about 2 cm, for multiple lesions, or using two or more applicator channels; billed per session.

Hospitals typically charge $966 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 598 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,173. Most fall between $353 and $2,651 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
598
States
45
Filings dated
Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 598 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$198$428$966$2,264$3,695

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($198 vs $3,695).

How the prices are spread

$123 – $183: 31 hospitals$123$183 – $273: 19 hospitals$273 – $407: 63 hospitals$273$407 – $607: 89 hospitals$607 – $906: 65 hospitals$607$906 – $1,351: 60 hospitals$1,351 – $2,016: 78 hospitals$1,351$2,016 – $3,008: 78 hospitals$3,008 – $4,487: 38 hospitals$3,008$4,487 – $6,695: 27 hospitals$4,487median $966price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (548 of 598 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$123$18331
$183$27319
$273$40763
$407$60789
$607$90665
$906$1,35160
$1,351$2,01678
$2,016$3,00878
$3,008$4,48738
$4,487$6,69527

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$394
Median cash price$966
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.5×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $966.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $730 across 17 hospitalsIL$730Wisconsin: median $3,360 across 25 hospitalsWI$3,360Michigan: median $442 across 13 hospitalsMI$442New York: median $394 across 28 hospitalsNY$394Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $138 across 14 hospitalsIA$138Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,757 across 16 hospitalsOH$1,757Pennsylvania: median $598 across 38 hospitalsPA$598New Jersey: median $535 across 35 hospitalsNJ$535Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,826 across 37 hospitalsCA$1,826Utah: median $1,192 across 16 hospitalsUT$1,192Colorado: median $6,695 across 16 hospitalsCO$6,695Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,142 across 10 hospitalsMO$1,142Kentucky: median $1,056 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,056West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $886 across 25 hospitalsVA$886Maryland: median $1,433 across 14 hospitalsMD$1,433Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,072 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,072New Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $178 across 14 hospitalsTN$178North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $428 across 11 hospitalsSC$428Oklahoma: median $123 across 11 hospitalsOK$123Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,050 across 44 hospitalsGA$2,050Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $659 across 51 hospitalsTX$659Florida: median $1,222 across 38 hospitalsFL$1,222
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $966. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO16$6,695+593%$4,281 – $16,542
Wisconsin WI25$3,360+248%$442 – $5,903
Georgia GA44$2,050+112%$1,027 – $2,651
California CA37$1,826+89%$527 – $1,826
Ohio OH16$1,757+82%$457 – $3,695
Maryland MD14$1,433+48%$983 – $2,857
Florida FL38$1,222+26%$696 – $1,827
Utah UT16$1,192+23%$1,120 – $1,565
Missouri MO10$1,142+18%$613 – $3,109
Arizona AZ10$1,072+11%$473 – $2,150
Kentucky KY14$1,056+9%$831 – $9,223
Virginia VA25$886−8%$409 – $2,729
Illinois IL17$730−24%$138 – $2,946
Texas TX51$659−32%$397 – $2,587
Pennsylvania PA38$598−38%$88 – $6,510
New Jersey NJ35$535−45%$287 – $2,356
Michigan MI13$442−54%$312 – $530
South Carolina SC11$428−56%$428 – $2,277
New York NY28$394−59%$311 – $836
Tennessee TN14$178−82%$117 – $487
Iowa IA14$138−86%$138 – $2,617
Oklahoma OK11$123−87%$123 – $536
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $966.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care564$1,018$342 – $2,651
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access30$534$442 – $928
Ownership
For-profit52$1,528$397 – $2,651
Government69$533$311 – $2,264
Non-profit476$921$397 – $2,651
System affiliation
Part of a system551$993$384 – $2,651
Independent47$698$307 – $1,670

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,481
Median cash price$966
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

461 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,071 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,274; most fall between $409 and $2,651.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 461 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$198$444$1,071$2,264$3,695

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($198 vs $3,695).

Of the 505 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 461 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

598 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 657 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted598
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code657

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Therapeutic radiology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hdr Rdncl Sk Srf Brchytx Les >2cm&2chan/Mlt Les.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “High-dose radiation skin treatment, larger or multiple areas (CPT 77768) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77768-high-dose-radiation-skin-treatment-larger-or-multiple-areas