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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77407

This is a single treatment session in which radiation is delivered from outside the body to a tumor, using standard external beam technique. Each session is typically brief, and a full course of treatment usually involves a series of these sessions over several weeks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Beam Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $309 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$245$166 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$269 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $562Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $141 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $245

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
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$269

AK $708RI $151

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.