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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

North Carolina 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$269$174 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$191 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,291Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $166 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $513professional $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
$77.62
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$380

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.