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IMRT Beam-Shaping Device Design

Minnesota 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$977$776 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$977 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,514Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,660
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $977

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
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,000

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.