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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 October 2026.

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

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $331 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$191 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$331 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $708Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $135 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.1 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· 34th of 51

$331

AK $933KY $182

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.