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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Tennessee 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?

$158

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $309.

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

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $145 to $363Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $100 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $204professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
1 more rate 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
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 14th of 51

$158

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.