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External Radiation Treatment Delivery Session

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 77402

A patient receives a session of external beam radiation therapy delivered to a single treatment area, following a plan and setup already worked out by the radiation care team. Each session is quick, typically only a few minutes of actual treatment time, and is usually repeated over a series of daily visits. This particular service reflects a more straightforward setup rather than a highly complex one.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Radiation Treatment Delivery Session cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$135 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$200 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $145 to $661Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $102 to $324
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$204

AK $372FL $110

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.