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External Radiation Treatment Session

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 77406

One session of external radiation therapy aimed at a single area of the body. A machine outside the body directs a radiation beam at the target from one or two directions while the patient lies still. Nothing is inserted into the body and the beam itself cannot be felt as it is delivered.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$251

Typical physician fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $468.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $204 to $525
$100$200$500facility $407professional $251

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Tennessee than in South Carolina. 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.

Wisconsin· 17th of 26

$251

TN $525SC $30.20

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.