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Internal Radiation Dose Planning, Moderate

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 77317

This service is a planning calculation performed by a medical physicist before internal (brachytherapy) radiation treatment, working out how the radiation dose will spread through the treatment area. It applies to a moderately complex source arrangement, more involved than the most basic version of this planning calculation but not as complex as the most involved version. This planning step happens before the radiation is actually delivered to the patient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Internal Radiation Dose Planning, Moderate cost?

$316

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $407.

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 $2,692 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,020Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,692professional $309

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$776.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.1 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· 38th of 51

$316

AK $1,230NY $240

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.