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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 July 2026.

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

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 6 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$155$117 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$170 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $562Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $102 to $186
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $195professional $155

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
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $170 · 17th 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.