The cost of radiotherapy for esophageal cancer is different in different periods. For early stage esophageal cancer, the cancer cells have not yet spread and the difficulty is relatively smaller, so the single treatment with radiation therapy followed by drug therapy is about 2000-3000 RMB; if the esophageal cancer cells have started to spread, the treatment is relatively more difficult and the cost is definitely higher; 2. If the cancer cells can be controlled by only one radiotherapy, the cost will definitely not be too high; if this radiotherapy cannot be cured, multiple radiotherapy will be needed, which will cause the cost to be superimposed; therefore, before choosing radiotherapy for esophageal cancer, it is better to let the doctor evaluate how many radiotherapy treatments are needed and how much a single time costs, so as to have an idea; 3. If you do radiation therapy in a formal hospital, even if the cost is high, the whole cost is fair and transparent, and you can also use medical insurance reimbursement. If it is an informal hospital, not only can it not be reimbursed by medical insurance, but also many invisible charges are added in the process of radiotherapy, which will definitely cause esophageal cancer patients to spend a lot more money.