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IMRT Beam-Shaping Device Design

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 77338

This covers the design and setup of the beam-shaping equipment used to deliver a precisely targeted radiation therapy plan, adjusting small internal components within the treatment machine to sculpt the radiation beam to match the shape of the tumor. This work is performed as part of preparing for treatment with this more advanced, highly targeted form of radiation therapy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does IMRT Beam-Shaping Device Design cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$501$437 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$339 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $214 to $794Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $347 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $501

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
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
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
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$501

AK $1,622FL $372

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.