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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

Washington, DC 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$174$174 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$427 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,820Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $174 to $457
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $174

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
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 25th of 51

$355

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.