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Radiation Treatment Planning, Simple

South 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$70.79 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$58.88 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $59 to $195Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $204
$100$200$500facility $66professional $100

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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$100

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.