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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Minnesota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$182$141 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$110 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $110 to $851Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $182

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service + 53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$191

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.