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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Maryland 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 physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.48 to $19.05.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $1 to $25Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $1 to $22
$0.5$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $17

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.07
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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 34th 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.