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Procedure price report · Therapeutic radiology

Weekly physics check during radiation therapy

CPT 77336the billing code this page is about

Ongoing review by a medical physicist of the radiation dose delivered and treatment quality; one unit covers about one week of treatment, roughly every five sessions.

Hospitals typically charge $569 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,804 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $588. Most fall between $286 and $990 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,804
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,804 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
$174$324$569$870$1,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($174 vs $1,372).

How the prices are spread

$147 – $189: 120 hospitals$147$189 – $243: 67 hospitals$243 – $313: 153 hospitals$243$313 – $403: 168 hospitals$403 – $518: 189 hospitals$403$518 – $667: 268 hospitals$667 – $858: 280 hospitals$667$858 – $1,104: 187 hospitals$1,104 – $1,421: 119 hospitals$1,104$1,421 – $1,828: 73 hospitals$1,421median $569price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,624 of 1,804 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$147$189120
$189$24367
$243$313153
$313$403168
$403$518189
$518$667268
$667$858280
$858$1,104187
$1,104$1,421119
$1,421$1,82873

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$137
Median cash price$569
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.1×

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 $569.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $569 across 41 hospitalsWA$569Idaho: median $698 across 14 hospitalsID$698Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $489 across 46 hospitalsMN$489Illinois: median $726 across 71 hospitalsIL$726Wisconsin: median $680 across 74 hospitalsWI$680Michigan: median $516 across 57 hospitalsMI$516New York: median $328 across 79 hospitalsNY$328Massachusetts: median $508 across 32 hospitalsMA$508Oregon: median $542 across 32 hospitalsOR$542Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $484 across 28 hospitalsIA$484Indiana: median $674 across 58 hospitalsIN$674Ohio: median $657 across 83 hospitalsOH$657Pennsylvania: median $569 across 99 hospitalsPA$569New Jersey: median $177 across 49 hospitalsNJ$177Connecticut: median $705 across 15 hospitalsCT$705Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,005 across 127 hospitalsCA$1,005Utah: median $447 across 28 hospitalsUT$447Colorado: median $949 across 35 hospitalsCO$949Nebraska: median $617 across 17 hospitalsNE$617Missouri: median $676 across 40 hospitalsMO$676Kentucky: median $533 across 29 hospitalsKY$533West Virginia: median $469 across 15 hospitalsWV$469Virginia: median $556 across 46 hospitalsVA$556Maryland: median $311 across 30 hospitalsMD$311Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $650 across 22 hospitalsAZ$650New Mexico: median $519 across 10 hospitalsNM$519Kansas: median $577 across 18 hospitalsKS$577Arkansas: median $195 across 13 hospitalsAR$195Tennessee: median $287 across 49 hospitalsTN$287North Carolina: median $619 across 56 hospitalsNC$619South Carolina: median $560 across 40 hospitalsSC$560Oklahoma: median $341 across 26 hospitalsOK$341Louisiana: median $260 across 30 hospitalsLA$260Mississippi: median $265 across 26 hospitalsMS$265Alabama: median $305 across 24 hospitalsAL$305Georgia: median $490 across 66 hospitalsGA$490Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $694 across 123 hospitalsTX$694Florida: median $608 across 91 hospitalsFL$608
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $569. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA127$1,005+77%$592 – $1,480
Colorado CO35$949+67%$630 – $2,531
Illinois IL71$726+28%$370 – $1,175
Connecticut CT15$705+24%$367 – $973
Idaho ID14$698+23%$358 – $943
Texas TX123$694+22%$310 – $1,138
Wisconsin WI74$680+20%$485 – $1,002
Missouri MO40$676+19%$314 – $979
Indiana IN58$674+18%$328 – $874
Ohio OH83$657+15%$540 – $1,378
Arizona AZ22$650+14%$348 – $831
North Carolina NC56$619+9%$307 – $720
Nebraska NE17$617+9%$502 – $957
Florida FL91$608+7%$409 – $992
Kansas KS18$577+1%$354 – $1,079
Washington WA41$5690%$319 – $791
Pennsylvania PA99$5690%$179 – $1,205
South Carolina SC40$560−2%$393 – $750
Virginia VA46$556−2%$328 – $957
Oregon OR32$542−5%$353 – $716
Kentucky KY29$533−6%$227 – $1,467
New Mexico NM10$519−9%$226 – $942
Michigan MI57$516−9%$254 – $987
Massachusetts MA32$508−11%$420 – $954
Georgia GA66$490−14%$432 – $1,270
Minnesota MN46$489−14%$303 – $665
Iowa IA28$484−15%$251 – $768
West Virginia WV15$469−18%$162 – $515
Utah UT28$447−21%$358 – $447
Oklahoma OK26$341−40%$274 – $508
New York NY79$328−42%$160 – $896
Maryland MD30$311−45%$203 – $449
Alabama AL24$305−46%$176 – $1,552
Tennessee TN49$287−50%$150 – $569
Mississippi MS26$265−53%$182 – $351
Louisiana LA30$260−54%$162 – $414
Arkansas AR13$195−66%$80 – $471
New Jersey NJ49$177−69%$147 – $905
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not 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 $569.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,614$565$285 – $992
Children’s31$668$274 – $1,161
Critical access149$569$330 – $943
Ownership
For-profit219$673$287 – $1,409
Government196$460$265 – $836
Non-profit1,379$569$294 – $987
System affiliation
Part of a system1,600$575$294 – $1,001
Independent204$492$251 – $894

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,037
Median cash price$569
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

1,346 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $586 and the average of the middle 60% is $607; most fall between $307 and $998.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,346 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
$206$353$586$880$1,312

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($206 vs $1,312).

Of the 1,456 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,346 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 58 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,804 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,952 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,804
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here80
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded66
Hospitals that filed this code1,952

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 HC Continuing Physic Consult Bid.

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, “Weekly physics check during radiation therapy (CPT 77336) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77336-weekly-physics-check-during-radiation-therapy