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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging cost?

$15.85

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.88 to $18.20.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$1$2$5$10$20professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 44.7 times more in Nevada than in New Hampshire. 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· 30th of 51

$15.85

NV $60.26NH $1.35

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.