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Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple

North Carolina 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$129$97.72 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$69.18 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $69 to $166Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $71 to $204
$100$200facility $69professional $129

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
8 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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 10th of 51

$129

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.