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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

77431 Radiation management Medicare reimbursement rates in Ohio

Reports physician management of an external-beam radiation course limited to one or two treatments, rather than the usual five-treatment management interval. Compare 77431 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Ohio.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 77431 in Ohio?

Ohio has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$102.84

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Ohio

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

$102.84

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Ohio

One mapped payment locality.

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Radiation oncology

About 77431: Radiation management for one or two treatments

Reports physician management of an external-beam radiation course limited to one or two treatments, rather than the usual five-treatment management interval.

Code 77431 represents the radiation oncologist’s management of a course with only one or two treatments. The physician’s work includes evaluating the patient during treatment and reviewing the treatment plan and relevant treatment information, such as dosimetry and imaging, to manage the course. It is distinct from coding the radiation delivery itself, which describes the technical treatment service. Radiation oncologists typically provide this management in a hospital or freestanding radiation therapy department.

Select 77431 when the course has one or two treatments; do not use it for a routine five-treatment management interval. The record should support the number of treatments and the physician’s management work. CMS identifies 77431 as a professional-component-only code for interpretation and report, with a separate code covering the technical portion. Report the professional service as represented by this code; do not treat it as a split professional-and-technical code.

CMS billing rules for 77431

Professional and technical components
Professional-component-only code: interpretation and report; a separate code covers the technical portion.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU1.76 · 55%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU1.29 · 40%
  • Malpractice RVU0.14 · 4%

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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

77431 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Ohio, from the same CMS release.

77427

Radiation treatment management

Per five treatment fractions

$189.01

77431 applies to a course with one or two treatments; 77427 covers a five-treatment management interval.

77432

Stereotactic management

Cranial, single-session course

$411.66

Use 77432 for management of a single-session stereotactic cranial radiation course, rather than a one- or two-treatment course coded under 77431.

77435

SBRT management

Per treatment course

$622.04

77435 is the management code for a stereotactic body radiation therapy course; 77431 is for a course limited to one or two treatments.

77402

Radiation delivery

Level 1

$75.08

77402 describes radiation delivery, while 77431 reports physician management of a short treatment course.

Compare 77431 by payment locality

Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.

1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0
  • Ohio →

    Office / nonfacility

    $102.84

    Facility

    $102.84

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 77431 in Ohio.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

9,105

Code
77431
Physician work
1.76
Practice expense
1.29
Malpractice
0.14

GPCI2026.csv

85

Locality
Ohio
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.913
Malpractice
1.008
Office / nonfacility calculation for 77431 in Ohio
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work1.76× 1.0001.7600
Practice expense1.29× 0.9131.1778
Malpractice0.14× 1.0080.1411
Total RVUs3.0789
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Ohio$102.84

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work1.761
Practice expense1.290.913
Malpractice0.141.008

(1.76 × 1 + 1.29 × 0.913 + 0.14 × 1.008) × $33.4009 = $102.84

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work1.761
Practice expense1.290.913
Malpractice0.141.008

(1.76 × 1 + 1.29 × 0.913 + 0.14 × 1.008) × $33.4009 = $102.84

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

77431 billing questions

When should 77431 be selected instead of 77427?

Use 77431 for management of a course with only one or two treatments. Code 77427 represents the usual five-treatment management interval.

Can radiation delivery be reported separately?

Yes. The management service is distinct from the technical radiation delivery service, which is represented by a separate code when supported.

Should modifier 26 or TC be appended?

No. CMS identifies 77431 as professional-component-only, covering interpretation and report; it is not a code split into professional and technical portions.

What documentation supports reporting 77431?

Document the course’s one- or two-treatment count and the radiation oncologist’s management work, including review of relevant treatment information.

Is 77431 the management code for stereotactic treatment?

Not when a more specific stereotactic management code describes the service. Codes 77432 and 77435 address stereotactic treatment circumstances.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 77431PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 9,105 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for OhioGPCI2026.csv, line 85 (RVU26D)