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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

Louisiana 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 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$269$209 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$282 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $269 to $955Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $174 to $525
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $269

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
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$282

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.