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Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple

Washington, DC 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?

$75.86

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $158.

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

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $63Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $63 to $234
$100$200facility $63professional $76

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 44th of 51

$75.86

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.