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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$162$129 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$117 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $112 to $251Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $110 to $257
$100$200$500facility $126professional $162

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
3 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.4 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$162

AK $437NY $100

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.