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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 July 2026.

How much does Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple cost?

$63.10

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $229.

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 $269 · 10th to 90th $63 to $537Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $234
$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $269professional $63

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC $63.10 · 50th of 51
AK $245RI $61.66

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.