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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Louisiana 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$129$87.10 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$219 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $170 to $575Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $78 to $178
$100$200$500facility $269professional $129

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
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$141

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.