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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Montana 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $1.35 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$16.98$12.88 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.35$1.15 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $47Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $1 to $21
$1$10$100facility $1professional $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
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$19.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$1.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 37th of 51

$16.60

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.