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Procedure price report · Therapeutic radiology

Intermediate setup session for radiation treatment

CPT 77285the billing code this page is about

One simulation session using imaging to map two radiation treatment areas and confirm body positioning before therapy begins.

Hospitals typically charge $1,085 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,342 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,163. Most fall between $524 and $2,053 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,342
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,342 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$367$634$1,085$1,814$2,997

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($367 vs $2,997).

How the prices are spread

$276 – $361: 69 hospitals$276$361 – $472: 97 hospitals$472 – $616: 89 hospitals$472$616 – $805: 143 hospitals$805 – $1,052: 177 hospitals$805$1,052 – $1,374: 169 hospitals$1,374 – $1,795: 194 hospitals$1,374$1,795 – $2,345: 135 hospitals$2,345 – $3,064: 74 hospitals$2,345$3,064 – $4,003: 63 hospitals$3,064median $1,085price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,210 of 1,342 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$276$36169
$361$47297
$472$61689
$616$805143
$805$1,052177
$1,052$1,374169
$1,374$1,795194
$1,795$2,345135
$2,345$3,06474
$3,064$4,00363

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$383
Median cash price$1,085
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.8×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,085.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,114 across 33 hospitalsWA$1,114Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $911 across 26 hospitalsMN$911Illinois: median $1,575 across 59 hospitalsIL$1,575Wisconsin: median $1,033 across 45 hospitalsWI$1,033Michigan: median $996 across 42 hospitalsMI$996New York: median $687 across 50 hospitalsNY$687Massachusetts: median $1,391 across 20 hospitalsMA$1,391Oregon: median $1,024 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,024Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $976 across 18 hospitalsIA$976Indiana: median $1,024 across 52 hospitalsIN$1,024Ohio: median $1,642 across 78 hospitalsOH$1,642Pennsylvania: median $1,029 across 62 hospitalsPA$1,029New Jersey: median $528 across 46 hospitalsNJ$528Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,341 across 96 hospitalsCA$2,341Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,688 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,688Nebraska: median $1,197 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,197Missouri: median $1,150 across 32 hospitalsMO$1,150Kentucky: median $1,470 across 23 hospitalsKY$1,470West Virginia: median $951 across 12 hospitalsWV$951Virginia: median $946 across 39 hospitalsVA$946Maryland: median $1,539 across 27 hospitalsMD$1,539Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $859 across 12 hospitalsAZ$859New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $943 across 11 hospitalsKS$943Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $416 across 37 hospitalsTN$416North Carolina: median $1,455 across 38 hospitalsNC$1,455South Carolina: median $880 across 35 hospitalsSC$880Oklahoma: median $649 across 24 hospitalsOK$649Louisiana: median $438 across 22 hospitalsLA$438Mississippi: median $360 across 20 hospitalsMS$360Alabama: median $632 across 16 hospitalsAL$632Georgia: median $846 across 58 hospitalsGA$846Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,138 across 86 hospitalsTX$1,138Florida: median $1,381 across 69 hospitalsFL$1,381
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,085. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA96$2,341+116%$1,085 – $2,970
Colorado CO32$1,688+56%$967 – $4,170
Ohio OH78$1,642+51%$1,076 – $1,912
Illinois IL59$1,575+45%$522 – $3,123
Maryland MD27$1,539+42%$862 – $2,447
Kentucky KY23$1,470+35%$612 – $4,084
North Carolina NC38$1,455+34%$796 – $1,651
Massachusetts MA20$1,391+28%$1,049 – $1,955
Florida FL69$1,381+27%$817 – $2,534
Nebraska NE15$1,197+10%$173 – $1,541
Missouri MO32$1,150+6%$646 – $2,164
Texas TX86$1,138+5%$670 – $2,200
Washington WA33$1,114+3%$790 – $1,475
Wisconsin WI45$1,033−5%$276 – $1,615
Pennsylvania PA62$1,029−5%$442 – $2,522
Oregon OR23$1,024−6%$240 – $1,731
Indiana IN52$1,024−6%$596 – $1,656
Michigan MI42$996−8%$515 – $1,312
Iowa IA18$976−10%$108 – $2,142
West Virginia WV12$951−12%$440 – $1,386
Virginia VA39$946−13%$570 – $1,658
Kansas KS11$943−13%$210 – $2,124
Minnesota MN26$911−16%$582 – $2,231
South Carolina SC35$880−19%$794 – $1,268
Arizona AZ12$859−21%$694 – $1,040
Georgia GA58$846−22%$634 – $2,363
New York NY50$687−37%$433 – $3,121
Oklahoma OK24$649−40%$475 – $1,314
Alabama AL16$632−42%$360 – $1,182
New Jersey NJ46$528−51%$405 – $1,894
Louisiana LA22$438−60%$311 – $746
Tennessee TN37$416−62%$297 – $723
Mississippi MS20$360−67%$90 – $458
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,085.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,212$1,097$543 – $2,058
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access105$1,024$285 – $1,555
Ownership
For-profit159$1,080$596 – $2,734
Government154$974$433 – $1,541
Non-profit1,021$1,106$528 – $2,070
System affiliation
Part of a system1,185$1,119$531 – $2,086
Independent157$1,010$446 – $1,653

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,089
Median cash price$1,085
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

997 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,159 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,223; most fall between $603 and $2,069.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 997 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$405$670$1,159$1,824$2,828

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($405 vs $2,828).

Of the 1,096 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 997 gave a usable cash price; 52 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,342 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,489 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,342
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here91
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded55
Hospitals that filed this code1,489

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Therapeutic radiology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ther Rad Simulaj-Aided Field Setting Intermed|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Intermediate setup session for radiation treatment (CPT 77285) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77285-intermediate-setup-session-for-radiation-treatment