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Delivery of an External Beam Radiation Treatment Session

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 77412

This is a single treatment session in a course of external beam radiation therapy, in which radiation is aimed at the treatment area from outside the body using more than one beam angle or field to help focus the dose. Sessions like this are typically repeated daily over a period of weeks as part of a full treatment course.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Delivery of an External Beam Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$363$275 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$372 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,259Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $219 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $363

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
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 35th of 51

$398

AK $933KY $229

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.