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Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple

Louisiana 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$107$72.44 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$115 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $72 to $380Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $66 to $126
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $129professional $107

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
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $115 · 8th 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.