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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Illinois 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$13.18$2.88 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$39.81 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $4 to $229Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $2 to $33
$1$10$100facility $60professional $13

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
$1.45
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
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
$5.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 49th of 51

$13.18

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.