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Internal Radiation Dose Planning, Moderate

South Carolina 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$324$234 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$851 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,820Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $138 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$331

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.