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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77431

This service covers a doctor's oversight and management of a radiation therapy course that is completed in only one or two treatment sessions total, rather than the many sessions used in a typical extended course. It includes planning and monitoring the patient's response over that short course.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $457 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$100 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$186 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $155 to $646Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $186
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $457professional $117

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $174 · 15th of 51
AK $363WV $97.72

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.