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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Georgia rates for HCPCS 77417

An X-ray image taken during a course of radiation therapy to verify that the treatment beam is correctly aligned with the area being treated. It is a positioning check, not a treatment session itself, and helps ensure radiation is delivered accurately to the intended target.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$13.80 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$21.88 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $17 to $65Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $36
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $33professional $17

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
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$63.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$16.98

AK $60.26FL $10.96

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.