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External Radiation Treatment Delivery Session

North Carolina 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 7 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$145$126 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$138 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $126 to $9,120Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $112 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $145

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
$125.89
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$182

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.