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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Massachusetts 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 9 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$141$110 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$135 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $110 to $427Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $93 to $302
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $251professional $141

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
$74.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$302.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $158 · 18th 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.