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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Minnesota 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$25.12$16.60 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$23.99 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $17 to $209Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $1 to $49
$1$5$20$100$500facility $158professional $25

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
$16.60
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$30.90

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.