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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Maryland 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?

$107

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $87 to $178
$100$200professional $107

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$107

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.