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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

Iowa 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$355$251 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$407 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,820Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $355

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
$281.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$363

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.