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Radiation Therapy Verification Imaging

Virginia 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$14.79 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.62 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $955Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $25professional $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
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
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
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th of 51

$17.78

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.