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Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple

Colorado rates for HCPCS 77261

The physician's planning work before radiation therapy starts: reviewing the diagnosis and imaging, deciding what area needs treating, choosing the dose, and setting out how the treatment course will run. This is the straightforward version, used when a single area is treated with a simple beam arrangement. It is the decision-making step rather than the delivery of any radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $120 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$87.10 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$93.33 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $74 to $295Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $72 to $170
$100$200$500facility $120professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
3 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
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 14th of 51

$107

AK $282NY $67.61

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.