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Radiation Therapy Management For A Short Treatment Course

Virginia 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$107 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$110 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $93 to $4,571Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $95 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $178professional $120

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
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
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
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$123

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.