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X-Ray Positioning Check For Radiation Treatment

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 77421

X-ray pictures taken from two different angles while the patient is on the treatment table, used to pinpoint exactly where the target sits inside the body so the radiation beam can be aimed accurately. Small adjustments to the patient's position are made from what the pictures show before the treatment beam is switched on.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Positioning Check For Radiation Treatment cost?

$135

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $200.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $195 to $550Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $107 to $191
$50$100$200$500facility $257professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Georgia than in South Carolina. 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· 20th of 26

$135

GA $631SC $30.20

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.