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External Radiation Treatment Delivery Session

South Dakota 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 8 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$200$138 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$145 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $316Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $115 to $389
$100$200facility $195professional $200

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 16th of 51

$195

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.