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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

South Carolina 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$14.45 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$10.96 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $1 to $275Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$1$5$20$100facility $15professional $20

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
$0.89
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
4 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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$20.42

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.