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External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

South Dakota 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$191 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$427 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,020Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 11th of 51

$398

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.